Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:08:52 -0400 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode Message-ID: <4FD39134.7040108@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <20120609143739.GB67878@DataIX.net> References: <4FD05C16.9040905@FreeBSD.org> <20120607084738.GT85127@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <4FD06CD3.3080602@FreeBSD.org> <20120607095741.GA1361@reks> <4FD07D11.9030002@FreeBSD.org> <20120609011630.GA48866@DataIX.net> <4FD2D102.4070103@FreeBSD.org> <20120609143739.GB67878@DataIX.net>
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On 06/09/12 10:37, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 07:28:50AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> on 09/06/2012 04:16 Jason Hellenthal said the following: >>> runlevel support might be a better solution so it does not differ that >>> much from what other systems do and would be easy for people to grasp. >> Patches are welcome, as always. >> > I agree... ;) > > How about generic runlevel support through kenv instead ? I've wondered whether it would be more "BSD-sh" to specify a way to tell init, "Tell /etc/rc to run the scripts listed by rcorder up until we get NETWORKING." (Or SERVERS or whatever dependency you need, or "Stop just before LOGIN".) -- George Mitchell > > > Set runlevel by default to 3 , where just like any other system is > multiuser, and provide support in the rc scripts to look at kenv. While > documenting "runlevel" in init(8)'s man page since that is where most > people look for these things. > > > This way a we could define a while bunch of things around generic > runlevels and if perhaps runlevels ever make it into FreeBSD the support > for them will already exist. > >
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