Keith Mitchell wrote:
> Hi Ethan,
> [...]
> 
> Ethan Quach wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2.8.1 - Just to note, the grub entry design here is going to suffer
>>>> from the same console redirection issue Alok is currently going through
>>>> for bootable AI images.  Once that feature in grub is available, it
>>>> should automatically detect console redirection settings from the BIOS
>>>> and not require an explicit "console=ttyX" in the grub line, for
>>>> systems that set console redirection in the BIOS.
>>>
>>> Yes, we're aware of the issues and working on a resolution.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2.8.2 - Can you describe a bit more about the dependencies and
>>>> dependents of this service?
>>>
>>> (Potential) Dependents:
>>> system/console-login
>>>
>>> Dependencies:
>>> filesystem/minimal
>>> milestone/sysconfig
>>
>> Don't you want the text install service to run before
>> milestone/sysconfig?
> 
> I'm not sure. After discussion, I know we want to disable console-login 
> and set the text installer service as an endpoint.

You're right, running after sysconfig in case is what we'd want.

thanks,
-ethan


> 
> The inetd service is dependent on sysconfig. inetd seems, to me, to be 
> the latest network based service we might want to depend on. It depends 
> on milestone/network, milestone/name-services, milestone/sysconfig (and 
> some others).
> 
> On the other hand, running prior to sysconfig also implies running prior 
> to system-log, which I think is the service responsible for printing 
> messages to the screen (which caused some of the headaches during 
> development of the prototype).
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> - Keith
> 
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> -ethan
>>
>>> milestone/network
>>>
>>> As mentioned above, we're still considering the best, appropriate 
>>> method for gaining full control of the console. The following note is 
>>> found in /var/svc/manifest/system/console-login.xml:
>>>>     <!-- Note that console-login should be dependent on any services
>>>>          that may need to use the console. This requirement can be met
>>>>          by establishing a dependency on milestone/sysconfig which,
>>>>          among other things, collects such dependencies.
>>>>     -->
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Keith
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> -ethan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sue Sohn wrote:
>>>>> We have posted the design document for the Text Installer at:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/TextInstallerProject/design_doc_v1.4.pdf
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please review and provide comments by COB Tuesday, September 15th.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Sue
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