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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:15:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD's aggressive keyboard probe/attach
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010815091540.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200108150928.f7F9SH409336@mass.dis.org>

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On 15-Aug-01 Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> [Terry blathers]
>> > Surprisingly, setting "vidconsole" in the SRM didn't make
>> > my TGA work in FreeBSD.  8-p.
> 
> 'vidconsole' is the x86 loader console driver.  Under SRM, there are no 
> console options (because the platform doesn't give you any).

Errr, there is a CONSOLE SRM variable that can be set to either "serial" or
"graphics" that determines which SRM console (and thus boot and kernel console)
you end up with.  "serial" : "graphics" :: "comconsole" : "vidconsole"

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