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Date:      Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:54:53 +0100
From:      Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
To:        Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: pinebook pro video console not active
Message-ID:  <20220126115453.255661b2e55f946d11eba1e9@bidouilliste.com>
In-Reply-To: <4d738da2-28f0-6af2-4213-934244cc95f2@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4d738da2-28f0-6af2-4213-934244cc95f2@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:44:33 +0100
Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On Pinebook Pro 14-current with console="efi,comconsole" in 
> /boot/loader.conf
> vidcontrol -i active < /dev/console is not working because serial stays 
> primary. Reverting 123b5b8763778e83b6816ad9db62a9b956055c32 fixes that 
> for me. Can someone share some light on why that is?

 You also need boot_multicons=YES in loader.conf for this to work (at
least on amd64).
 Maybe imp@ knows more about this behavior.

> console kit relies on /dev/console beeing active so it is an annoying
> bug..
> the original review is here https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32992
> 
> 
> Thanks
> /jsm
> 


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Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>



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