Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:27:07 +0100 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: [Testers wanted] /dev/console cleanups Message-ID: <20081026152707.GJ6808@hoeg.nl>
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--aznLbwQ42o7LEaqN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone, Most of you probably already know that I've been very busy improving our kernel's TTY implementation. I've committed the new MPSAFE TTY layer back in August. So far most of the things seem to work properly as far as I can see. There are always some small bugs, but I'm confident we'll get them fixed before 8.0. One of the things that I dislike about the code we have right now, is the way /dev/console is implemented. There is a small amount of complexity there, which is mainly because of the fact that our console code actually works on two different levels: - We've got kernel messages that are printed using very low-level routines and communicate directly with the drivers. - We've got user messages that are printed through /dev/console, which actually work on the TTY level, but make use of a similar device selection as the first set of routines. In an attempt to make /dev/console MPSAFE, I moved /dev/console into the TTY layer itself, which makes it a lot more simple than it is now. Well, to keep a long story short, it would be wonderful if some people could test the latest MPSAFE TTY patchset, just to make sure it doesn't wreck people's setups after I commit this. So just apply the patch and see if you can still boot your system, go into single user and multi user mode, use conscontrol(8), etc. I've stored the latest MPSAFE TTY patchsets at the usual location. Make sure you download the latest version. http://people.FreeBSD.org/~ed/mpsafetty/ The patchset also includes some other nice things, like some manual pages (not finished) and a port of snp(4) to the new TTY layer (also not finished). Thank you for your attention! --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --aznLbwQ42o7LEaqN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkEjEsACgkQ52SDGA2eCwWW0ACeJ0sE0tqrUgPmpEM6wSy7NSvG JrsAniKi6KlX9HGo9yH4G+j/w68/7UDO =AfmZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aznLbwQ42o7LEaqN--
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