From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 31 17:43:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC5E1065677 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:43:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2447F8FC1C for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:43:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.35]) by QMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ZMwy1a0030ldTLk5AVYVjH; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:32:29 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ZVYQ1a00M2P6wsM3QVYRWV; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:32:25 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=PY5qRhY-vE0A:10 a=kLzTVIZtAFQA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=t9vrcsja805Kzm4Pb0IA:9 a=KPpXJQ_P1kAnmngCeRgA:7 a=667Tt2HpYEUriwnNuWoX7X-6QcsA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 69715C9419; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:32:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:32:24 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Thierry Herbelot Message-ID: <20081031173224.GA37636@icarus.home.lan> References: <200810311746.23743.thierry.herbelot@free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810311746.23743.thierry.herbelot@free.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, current ML Subject: Re: strange behaviour with /sbin/init and serial console X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:43:30 -0000 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 |