From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 14:04:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41709568; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:04:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-x233.google.com (mail-qa0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C43EB2425; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:04:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id j7so2008482qaq.10 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:04:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=wCpCWBT6ACyhnHw6KaxHdOvgBMPlZNOkVHtf4Cv4L/E=; b=IkVmeWVVzSQPM2fCvAo2WGD8KrYxXs6V2bkzo8UhFYR0QEmFJTtJyTQQ4Hzd8UhmwZ beVkYfVjQVlCh+2k/lQ+Qp3RCz7xnKJnElCJ+eirMPGgB2ml42Yz27d6ZuQWQs3qWUwN rLgR0IvCMDDoKRoaZeXhPV9wKLaMOlhyQuRCabbntR1J6F6I1GlCT1JfTca/jcAwp6gt WzTlqSnc1/CFQEdP2RRlXLoiqqmGup4EKwz2yZUro3yvn8YXndUI+psZ01B1IfdUreA9 mXkxj/AZPNJizdjINel1H3kDoBhgMuTeg3wt8KiLQZJTenP7hyPrMp1NLiv9oCIlGbvQ 7nug== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.16.139 with SMTP id o11mr7551378qaa.80.1403186654843; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:04:14 -0700 (PDT) Sender: carpeddiem@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.49.239 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:04:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <11AED2470A6E45B1A3BB2B9549C78B62@multiplay.co.uk> References: <201406182230.s5IMUMYp006946@svn.freebsd.org> <11AED2470A6E45B1A3BB2B9549C78B62@multiplay.co.uk> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 10:04:14 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2FHvJ9X-9Fmf_Z1wbExKn2-VIQE Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r267626 - head/sys/dev/vt From: Ed Maste To: Steven Hartland Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" , Aleksandr Rybalko , "src-committers@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:04:16 -0000 On 19 June 2014 09:48, Steven Hartland wrote: > As per man 9 sysctl negative logic should be avoided so we should > use enable instead ot disable here: > kern.vt.enable with a default of 1 > > With the user setting kern.vt.enable=0 to disable. I prefer John's suggestion of kern.vidconsole={sc,vt}. Making it available as a read-only sysctl gives us a canonical way to determine which vidconsole is in use (rather than checking for the existence of the kern.vt.deadtimer sysctl, which some tools currently do).