From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 30 14:41:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B17616A4CE; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:41:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (mail-gw0.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745E943D3F; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:41:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from buffy.york.ac.uk (buffy.york.ac.uk [144.32.226.160]) by mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8UEfs4j008128; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:41:54 +0100 (BST) Received: from buffy.york.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by buffy.york.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i8UEfrBQ004054; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:41:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: (from ga9@localhost) by buffy.york.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i8UEfr3h004053; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:41:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: buffy.york.ac.uk: ga9 set sender to gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk using -f From: Gavin Atkinson To: Ruslan Ermilov In-Reply-To: <20040930102140.GA57540@ip.net.ua> References: <200409300915.i8U9FXpq055863@repoman.freebsd.org> <1096537395.3073.24.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <20040930102140.GA57540@ip.net.ua> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1096555312.3073.34.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:41:53 +0100 X-York-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-York-MailScanner-From: gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/reboot boot_i386.8 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:41:57 -0000 On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 11:21, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 10:43:15AM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 10:15, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > ru 2004-09-30 09:15:33 UTC > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sbin/reboot boot_i386.8 > > > Log: > > > FreeBSD has full support for multiple consoles since 2001. > > > > I don't believe this is true. It is something I have implemented in the > > past (see http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4092A8EB.5090709 and PR > > kern/66425). > > > > If there is a way for dual console support to be enabled in a default > > install, it should probably be documented somewhere. > > > Um, your patch is about multiple consoles support in loader(8), > which is, while related, is not about what I have touched. > What I have touched was a stale comment that kernel does not > support multiple consoles. Setting "boot_multicons=" in > /boot/loader.conf, or using "boot -D" in the loader(8) will > enable it. (I'm working on updating the documentation in > this respect.) OK. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I was under the impression that "boot -D" still isn't passed through to the kernel, and that only a single console would be used unless boot_multicons is set. I'll have to try it again :) Gavin