Re: Multiple console support for loader(8)

From: Scott Long (scottl_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 04/30/04

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To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk>

    Gavin Atkinson wrote:
    > 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

    Yes, this has been on my TODO list for several years =-) While you are
    at it, what do you think about cleaning up the serial code so that the
    line settings can be controlled easier and more uniformly?

    Scott
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