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Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 08:00:38 -0700
From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
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On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:34:50PM +0530, Muthu_T@Dell.com wrote:
> 
> BTW, what needs to be done to use the standard console screen instead of
> serialconsole
> For FreeBSD-IA64? 

Our console code is old and contains assumptions that only hold on PCs
or when the chipset has compatibility for it. Since a lot of machines
are based on the HP zx1 chipset, enabling the console by default is
not a good idea.

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