Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:08 +0000 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> Subject: git: bba78121411a - releng/15.0 - loader manuals: Clarify console and boot_serial Message-ID: <692338ac.36247.10ed00c2@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch releng/15.0 has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=bba78121411a6ffe04e30960f8e8072a60d788cf commit bba78121411a6ffe04e30960f8e8072a60d788cf Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-11-14 14:41:57 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-11-23 16:38:41 +0000 loader manuals: Clarify console and boot_serial console=comconsole is for the loader and boot_serial is for the kernel. I think we should centralize documentation on the loader settings in one manual, such a loader.8. The current proliferation is not obvious where to find the documentation. To the user, these are all set in loader.conf or at the loader prompt. Approved by: re (cperciva) MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53695 (cherry picked from commit 09ffaa4e07d749c83cc1db13829505f21b025f29) (cherry picked from commit 3035855815c2fdbe27b65b9ec0374f4583ceb3f5) --- stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 | 3 +++ stand/man/loader_simp.8 | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 index b1661e8c1101..8c43bb62a135 100644 --- a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 +++ b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 @@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ selects the video console which prevents any input and hides all output replacing it with .Dq spinning character (useful for embedded products and such). +This setting is for the +.Xr loader 8 +only and does not set the kernel output. .It Va screen.font Set font size for framebuffer mode. The default font size is selected based on screen resolution. diff --git a/stand/man/loader_simp.8 b/stand/man/loader_simp.8 index 683ca8b2da5d..52cb598fdd89 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader_simp.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader_simp.8 @@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ in .Xr kenv 1 , not for any particular value. .It Va boot_serial -Force the use of a serial console even when an internal console -is present. +Force the use of a serial console for the kernel +even when an internal console is present. .It Va boot_single Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup; instead, a single-user mode will be entered when the kernel has finishedhelp
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