From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 05:23:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B80106564A for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:23:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lacombar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6701E8FC17 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:23:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn33 with SMTP id 33so1114399iwn.13 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:23:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4euZ0GbKg8puv+BpfDU9mRMwx1dpVe8qdkwSx0k2gJs=; b=HJOneJ5lb0lQ0kjxYF7UsjS94ObeUKidI1dgMp3+x8tn4xlL+Cd4Xe0k2aS32i8GgB Qw+k+mSfNDolx62Wd/DuBXe+5k2P7Q5BnmaGgqHiSUTRecMIam8iOCXdxDWAHzplK9pJ vbeiIcomAucTP4h+5CxpESDQegIYM2+o+Tm7E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GOLxtRx3N9qZXwl3XRca3EZzpcYH7qHIxKhrOed3ONi97jvUVKkGdcMeOHbr4ZATSo oyvoIddNrODZKd839bygFOVrbOFpG5cvnBJmBODHdOW2HnlUwhJzwiaWLDYrX02wh3JW O5OWMXdkNd4Y2lencpcdddjPIjfM4HJEPop8E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.43.63.72 with SMTP id xd8mr580613icb.215.1301462618571; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:23:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.146.72 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:23:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <16FA7C02-86B0-46E6-A923-BC61357478FA@vicor.com> <1BC34FC3-7526-4DAA-964A-DDFD465DB830@bsdimp.com> <20110328110807.GA44745@freebsd.org> <4D90785C.1010802@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:23:38 -0400 Message-ID: From: Arnaud Lacombe To: Andrew Duane Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Alexander Best , Andriy Gapon , FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: New Boot-Loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:23:40 -0000 Hi, On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Andrew Duane 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= " >