Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 10:04:14 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r267626 - head/sys/dev/vt Message-ID: <CAPyFy2D36HCobj-BLDiMGthsBk7UX%2BhKU7YncxUvWCB_wvwymA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11AED2470A6E45B1A3BB2B9549C78B62@multiplay.co.uk> References: <201406182230.s5IMUMYp006946@svn.freebsd.org> <11AED2470A6E45B1A3BB2B9549C78B62@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 19 June 2014 09:48, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote:
> As per man 9 sysctl negative logic should be avoided so we should
> use enable instead ot disable here:
> kern.vt.enable with a default of 1
>
> With the user setting kern.vt.enable=0 to disable.
I prefer John's suggestion of kern.vidconsole={sc,vt}. Making it
available as a read-only sysctl gives us a canonical way to determine
which vidconsole is in use (rather than checking for the existence of
the kern.vt.deadtimer sysctl, which some tools currently do).
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