Multiple console support for loader(8)

From: Gavin Atkinson (gavin.atkinson_at_ury.york.ac.uk)
Date: 04/30/04

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:03:34 +0100

    Hi,

    For a while I have been frustrated that the /boot.config -D option only
    works for the boot1/2 and has no effect in the loader.

    http://www.devrandom.co.uk/freebsd/bootmulti.diff contails patches to
    support multiple consoles in the loader, and allows a single -D option
    in /boot.config to give dual console support to the bootblocks, the
    loader and the kernel.

    Before I go ahead and tidy the patches up, document the changes and code
    the non-i386 parts, is this something that is wanted? It always seemed
    strange to me that boot2 could support dual consoles, while the loader
    couldn't even with it's very nice console framework code.

    Gavin
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