Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:32:24 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@free.fr> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, current ML <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: strange behaviour with /sbin/init and serial console Message-ID: <20081031173224.GA37636@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <200810311746.23743.thierry.herbelot@free.fr> References: <200810311746.23743.thierry.herbelot@free.fr>
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 05:46:23PM +0100, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > with the following patch on /sbin/init, I have two different behaviours > depending on the console type (on a i386/32 PC) : > - on a video console, I see the expected two messages, > - on a serial console, the messages are not displayed (init silently finishes > its job and gets to start /etc/rc and everything) I thought this was normal behaviour on FreeBSD, but it's very likely I'm misunderstanding. The charts in Section 27.6.4 describe what "level" of logging is shown where and at what stage, depending upon which boot flags and device settings you use: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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