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
