From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 2 13:52:31 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA09893 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:52:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA09884 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:52:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA01122; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:46:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902022146.NAA01122@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Robert Nordier cc: dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon), ticso@cicely.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual console don't work In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 Feb 1999 20:28:24 +0200." <199902021828.UAA04458@ceia.nordier.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:46:32 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Is there a replacement for this functionality with the new bootloader? > > I was trying to get duel consoles working on a rack mount machine a week > > or two ago and met with utter failure. It was quite annoying. > > > > Support for multiple consoles in /boot/loader is planned but not > implemented yet. Mike should be able to put a timeframe on this. It requires a few minutes worth of code work, support for RB_DUAL as a "real" boot option, and a test environment. Please contact me if you're serious about this (I've had about four flakes so far). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message