From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 00:16:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684D3106564A for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 00:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterbsd@engineer.com) Received: from mailout-us.gmx.com (mailout-us.gmx.com [74.208.5.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 121698FC19 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 00:16:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 8333 invoked by uid 0); 9 May 2011 00:16:26 -0000 Received: from 67.206.163.119 by rms-us004.v300.gmx.net with HTTP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 00:16:24 +0000 From: "Dieter BSD" Message-ID: <20110509001626.50270@gmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Authenticated: #74169980 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: GMX.com Web Mailer x-registered: 0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-GMX-UID: DVe1bcdy3zOlNR3dAHAhfAl+IGRvb4Dd Subject: Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 00:16:28 -0000 > There's really only room for one or two more menu items. Perhaps some items could be moved to a 2nd level menu? 1) boot multiuser mode ( default ) 2) boot single user mode 3) menu to set boot options 4) help >>>> Would be nice: a fix for having to lean on a key autorepeating >>>> for a couple seconds. >>> >>> Could you explain? I don't follow. >> >> On my Tyan Tomcat k8e 2865, just entering the number rarely if >> ever works. I have to either repeatedly bang away at the key or >> hold it down, letting the RS-232 terminal do the autorepeat thing, >> while hoping that it notices before the timer runs out. > > Is that with the current code that's in CVS? I'd love for you to > try my code on that hardware. One of the things that I worked on > in the very beginning was the responsiveness. That's with 6.x, 7,x and 8.x, currently running 8.2.  I haven't looked to see if anything has changed in CVS since 8.2.  I'll try your code, but I can't promise when.  I'm swamped at the moment and windows when the machine is free keep getting smaller and less frequent.