Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:02:10 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD's aggressive keyboard probe/attach Message-ID: <3B7B6FF2.54373B91@mindspring.com> References: <200108150928.f7F9SH409336@mass.dis.org>
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Mike Smith wrote:
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Takes self too seriously
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> [Terry blathers]
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Warning that uncivil posting will follow shortly
> > > Surprisingly, setting "vidconsole" in the SRM didn't make
> > > my TGA work in FreeBSD. 8-p.
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> 'vidconsole' is the x86 loader console driver. Under SRM, there are no
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Repeated use of quoteing of term, despite pretense that post being
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> console options (because the platform doesn't give you any).
|John Baldwin writes:
| > What dance? Works great for me. If SRM uses serial console, so
| > does FreeBSD. If SRM uses vidconsole, so does FreeBSD. In fact,
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Terminology matching term in original post
| > this is the _only_ way it can work on the Alpha since SRM just
| > gives you one console device handle and one boot device handle.
| >
| > Have you actually used an Alpha before? :-P
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| Yes, I've used a Miata and a Multia with FreeBSD, and several
| others with DEC UNIX, and had a PC164 at one time.
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| Surprisingly, setting "vidconsole" in the SRM didn't make
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Obvious use of "finger quotes"
| my TGA work in FreeBSD. 8-p.
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Large indicator for humor impaired people
-- Terry
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Person tired of people being mean to others on lists for no good
reason, and with no attempt at humor to blunt criticism
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