Re: Multiple console support for loader(8)

From: David O'Brien <obrien_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:21:28 -0700
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 04:03:34PM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> 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?

Why are there non-i386 parts?  (well s/non-i386/non-i386 & non-amd64).
Sparcs and Alphas both DTRT with serial consoles.

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-- David  (obrien_at_FreeBSD.org)
Received on Fri Apr 30 2004 - 12:21:31 UTC

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