From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 16 21:24:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 907DF106564A for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6632F8FC08 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:24:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (bigwig.baldwin.cx [96.47.65.170]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 16A2A46B23; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:24:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 913F7B915; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:24:09 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:18:35 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-CBSD-20110714-p8; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <94847CD1-4361-424C-A2F6-75CAE918E2A9@averesystems.com> <20111216145247.GB79885@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201112161618.35708.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:24:09 -0500 (EST) Cc: Luigi Rizzo , Andrew Boyer Subject: Re: Idea for change to boot0 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, 16 Dec 2011 21:24:10 -0000 On Friday, December 16, 2011 11:02:20 am Andrew Boyer wrote: > > On Dec 16, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 04:21:51PM -0500, Andrew Boyer wrote: > >> These two changes allow you to set PXE as the default MBR boot selection, which enables you to write a 'reboot to the network' script. We've found it to be very useful. What do people think? > > > > seems good to me. John's comments also apply, no need to use > > cryptic parameters in boot0cfg > > Agreed. '6' was the path of least resistance since it's what's already displayed in the boot loader. Do you have an easy way to test my modifications to make sure I didn't fat- finger something? If it checks out ok I'll commit it. -- John Baldwin