Re: Dual console don't work
Bernd Walter wrote: I use -h -D in /boot.config Today I wanted to boot with monitor and keyboard. All I got was the first stage of the news boot loader on vga and seriel. The prompt itself goes only on seriel so there wasn't a chance to switch the console back to vga without a terminal. This is deliberate, FWIW. The old bootblocks privately define RB_DUAL, and you won't find it in sys/reboot.h with the other flags like RB_SINGLE, RB_SERIAL, etc. For compatibility, the new bootblocks honor the -D option, as far as their own behavior goes. But they don't pass RB_DUAL, as one of the howto flags, on to either the kernel or /boot/loader. So -D is preserved only as a backward-compatibility option (and therefore applies only to stage two of the bootstrap), and /boot/loader knows nothing about it. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Dual console don't work
:Bernd Walter wrote: : : I use -h -D in /boot.config : Today I wanted to boot with monitor and keyboard. : All I got was the first stage of the news boot loader on vga and seriel. : The prompt itself goes only on seriel so there wasn't a chance to switch : the console back to vga without a terminal. : :This is deliberate, FWIW. The old bootblocks privately define :RB_DUAL, and you won't find it in sys/reboot.h with the other :flags like RB_SINGLE, RB_SERIAL, etc. : :For compatibility, the new bootblocks honor the -D option, as far :as their own behavior goes. But they don't pass RB_DUAL, as one :of the howto flags, on to either the kernel or /boot/loader. : :So -D is preserved only as a backward-compatibility option (and :therefore applies only to stage two of the bootstrap), and /boot/loader :knows nothing about it. : :-- :Robert Nordier Is there a replacement for this functionality with the new bootloader? I was trying to get duel consoles working on a rack mount machine a week or two ago and met with utter failure. It was quite annoying. -Matt Matthew Dillon dil...@backplane.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Dual console don't work
Matthew Dillon wrote: :Bernd Walter wrote: : : I use -h -D in /boot.config : Today I wanted to boot with monitor and keyboard. : All I got was the first stage of the news boot loader on vga and seriel. : The prompt itself goes only on seriel so there wasn't a chance to switch : the console back to vga without a terminal. : :This is deliberate, FWIW. The old bootblocks privately define :RB_DUAL, and you won't find it in sys/reboot.h with the other :flags like RB_SINGLE, RB_SERIAL, etc. : :For compatibility, the new bootblocks honor the -D option, as far :as their own behavior goes. But they don't pass RB_DUAL, as one :of the howto flags, on to either the kernel or /boot/loader. : :So -D is preserved only as a backward-compatibility option (and :therefore applies only to stage two of the bootstrap), and /boot/loader :knows nothing about it. : :-- :Robert Nordier Is there a replacement for this functionality with the new bootloader? I was trying to get duel consoles working on a rack mount machine a week or two ago and met with utter failure. It was quite annoying. Support for multiple consoles in /boot/loader is planned but not implemented yet. Mike should be able to put a timeframe on this. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Dual console don't work
Is there a replacement for this functionality with the new bootloader? I was trying to get duel consoles working on a rack mount machine a week or two ago and met with utter failure. It was quite annoying. Support for multiple consoles in /boot/loader is planned but not implemented yet. Mike should be able to put a timeframe on this. It requires a few minutes worth of code work, support for RB_DUAL as a real boot option, and a test environment. Please contact me if you're serious about this (I've had about four flakes so far). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Dual console don't work
I use -h -D in /boot.config Today I wanted to boot with monitor and keyboard. All I got was the first stage of the news boot loader on vga and seriel. The prompt itself goes only on seriel so there wasn't a chance to switch the console back to vga without a terminal. -- B.Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
