Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:43:09 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trimming the default /boot/device.hints Message-ID: <200902061143.10088.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <498C55BB.3030606@icyb.net.ua> References: <200901260947.32870.jhb@freebsd.org> <200902060937.55724.jhb@freebsd.org> <498C55BB.3030606@icyb.net.ua>
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On Friday 06 February 2009 10:22:35 am Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 06/02/2009 16:37 John Baldwin said the following: > > > > Yes, it only needs the hint for it to be a console device. > > > > I am slightly confused as to how that hint works then, it's not like a > standard isa hint it seems. > Can it somehow be built-in (into the code)? Specifically, look at sc_cnprobe() in sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c. It calls a sc_cons_get_priority() routine that on x86 maps lives in sys/isa/syscons_isa.c. This checks for a syscons hint. Changing it to always assume a unit 0 would probably allow this to work. -- John Baldwin
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