Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 02:10:03 -0800 From: paige@paige.bio To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootverbose; persist bootverbose at boot Message-ID: <B7FA6B94-44B7-4B20-A32E-F6285C2DBA38@paige.bio> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfriABAZG=-hnjLHmUBQKt-Q5SX-zDQJVw09vPwPeArtyQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfriABAZG=-hnjLHmUBQKt-Q5SX-zDQJVw09vPwPeArtyQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail-9653D3EA-80C5-493B-B7B7-2EA6D364BB0C Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Thank you for all you do, it=E2=80=99s appr= eciated! =3D) <div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D= "ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite= ">On Feb 9, 2025, at 12:16=E2=80=AFPM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wr= ote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF= =BB=BF<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_c= ontainer"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 9, 2025, 11:31=E2= =80=AFAM <paige@paige.bio> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail= _quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1= ex">> boot_verbose=3Dyes in loader.conf.<br> <br> Yes=E2=80=94thank you I found that, mentioned in a previous e-mail, I just l= ooked at the Lua source in stand/ and found it. But yeah, I noticed at= least one other person from a Google search that was trying to figure out h= ow to do that, everything points to the menu or the prompt (-v) being the on= ly two options. Tunable I assume you mean via sysctl that might also be usef= ul, too but I was just going to say the documentation for loader.conf specif= ically: <br> <br> <a href=3D"https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?loader.conf(5)" rel=3D"norefe= rrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?loade= r.conf(5)</a><br> <br> It would be nice if it were mentioned in there, too.<br></blockquote></div><= /div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Already pushed a fix befo= re your email to add it.. </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D= "auto">Warner</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><= div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquot= e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli= d;padding-left:1ex"> -P<br> <br> <br> > On Feb 9, 2025, at 10:18=E2=80=AFAM, Warner Losh <<a href=3D"mailto:= imp@bsdimp.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">imp@bsdimp.com</a>> w= rote:<br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 9:56=E2=80=AFAM <paige@paige.bio> wrote:<b= r> > Anybody know how to do this or if you can? Really sucks I keep having t= o go wait for the boot loader (bios is slow to wait on) hit 7 then hit 6 bac= kspace 1<br> > <br> > boot_verbose=3Dyes in loader.conf.<br> > <br> > debug.bootverbose can be set at runtime with sysctl (I should make that= a tuneable as well, but it isn't today). I should also add it to loader.con= f(5). It's way more important than verbose_loading which is limited to being= verbose around loading klds.<br> > <br> > It's obscurely documented in loader.efi(8):<br> > boot flag &= nbsp; loader variable Kernel RB_ flag<br> > -a &= nbsp; boot_askme  = ; RB_ASKNAME<br> > -c &= nbsp; boot_cdrom  = ; RB_CDROM<br> > -d &= nbsp; boot_ddb &= nbsp; RB_KDB<br> > -r &= nbsp; boot_dfltroot RB= _DFLTROOT<br> > -D &= nbsp; boot_multiple RB= _MULTIPLE<br> > -m &= nbsp; boot_mute = RB_MUTE<br> > -g &= nbsp; boot_gdb &= nbsp; RB_GDB<br> > -h &= nbsp; boot_serial &nbs= p; RB_SERIAL<br> > -p &= nbsp; boot_pause  = ; RB_PAUSE<br> > -P &= nbsp; boot_probe  = ; RB_PROBE<br> > -s &= nbsp; boot_single &nbs= p; RB_SINGLE<br> > -v &= nbsp; boot_verbose &nb= sp;RB_VERBOSE<br> > but it also works for BIOS booting. The loader man pages are a mess. A l= ot of that is my fault. You can set any of the above to "yes" or "no".<br> > <br> > Warner<br> > <br> > <br> <br> </blockquote></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-9653D3EA-80C5-493B-B7B7-2EA6D364BB0C--
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