Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:23:38 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Andrew Duane <aduane@juniper.net> Cc: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New Boot-Loader Message-ID: <AANLkTi=2%2B2jB0aWA=0CHN=O58qGZgp_wOXCPKs%2BZfavw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AC6674AB7BC78549BB231821ABF7A9AEB52F4A55A3@EMBX01-WF.jnpr.net> References: <16FA7C02-86B0-46E6-A923-BC61357478FA@vicor.com> <1BC34FC3-7526-4DAA-964A-DDFD465DB830@bsdimp.com> <20110328110807.GA44745@freebsd.org> <4D90785C.1010802@freebsd.org> <AC6674AB7BC78549BB231821ABF7A9AEB52F4A55A3@EMBX01-WF.jnpr.net>
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Hi, On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Andrew Duane <aduane@juniper.net> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@fre= ebsd.org] On Behalf Of Andriy Gapon > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:00 AM > To: Alexander Best > Cc: FreeBSD Hackers > Subject: Re: New Boot-Loader > > Please note that graphical loaders are not very serial console friendly ;= -) > > -- > Andriy Gapon > > > Amen, and we have a whole lot of platforms that are only serial consoles = (and 9600 baud at that). FWIW, an interesting thing, from my point of view, would be to get rid of that 9600bps limitation due to the use of INT14 in the first stage bootloader to have access to more descent serial console speed in early boot stage. > Also, I like the letters instead of numbers for boot options, for those o= f us that have known for years that "s" is single user mode, "v" is verbose= , etc.... > you can also have a thought to the people who are used to use numbers :) - Arnaud > > > =A0................................... > Andrew Duane > Juniper Networks > o=A0=A0=A0+1 978 589 0551 > m=A0 +1 603-770-7088 > aduane@juniper.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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