Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:43:06 +0300 (EEST) From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net> To: dima@unixfreak.org Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/kbdcontrol kbdcontrol.1 kbdcontrol.c Message-ID: <200105272043.f4RKgro04676@mail.uic-in.net> In-Reply-To: <20010527185557.E96703E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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On Sun, 27 May 2001 11:55:57 -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net> writes: > > On Sat, 26 May 2001 17:47:38 -0700 (PDT), Dima Dorfman wrote: > > > dd 2001/05/26 17:47:38 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > usr.sbin/kbdcontrol kbdcontrol.1 kbdcontrol.c > > > Log: > > > Add a -c option which clears the history buffer using the new > > > CONS_CLRHIST ioctl. > > > > Does it really belong to kbdcontrol(1)? For me it looks > > counter-intuitive as this feature has nothing to do with > > keyboard at all. IMO this (and `-h' BTW) option should be > > moved into vidcontrol(1). > > I agree, but please think of backwards compatibility. -c is young > enough that moving it to vidcontrol is no problem. -h, however, is > different; it's already in -stable, and has been there for a long > time. I suggest that we move both to vidcontrol, and have `kbdcontrol > -h` print a "this option is now option -X in vidcontrol" or something > similar. I do not see a big problem here. `-h' option in kbdcontrol(1) is not an option that used by luser very frequently. Just a entry in appropriate relnotes could be sufficient IMO. > I'll do the necessary work for this. Des already done this work. Please see -arch archives. > > This also would solve bootstrap issue. > > Not quite. It would just hide it until somebody adds an option to > kbdcontrol which really does belong there. The fact that we have a > highly system-specific (i.e., depends on intricacies in the kernel) > tool being used to bootstrap the system is still a problem. Yes, I understand this. Actually I was talking about this specific problem. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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