From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Sep 15 18:03:23 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B2F4E25D61 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:03:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay10.qsc.de (mailrelay10.qsc.de [212.99.163.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D18C871A02 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:03:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay10.qsc.de; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:03:18 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-1-252.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.1.252]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8A933CBF9; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:03:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v8FI3FtN002745; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:03:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:03:15 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Ian Smith Cc: Warren Block , "Steve O'Hara-Smith" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restoring sc console look and feel with vt Message-Id: <20170915200315.289b3fdf.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20170916020243.B81507@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20170916020243.B81507@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay10.qsc.de with 2D9956834FF X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1357 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:03:23 -0000 On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 02:37:15 +1000 (EST), Ian Smith wrote: > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 693, Issue 5, Message: 1 > On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 07:41:19 -0600 (MDT) > Warren Block wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Sep 2017, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 07:49:32 -0600 (MDT) > > > Warren Block wrote: > > > > > >> On Sat, 9 Sep 2017, Polytropon wrote: > > >> > > >>> My 10.3 loader doesn't seem to know that command. Do I need to > > >>> upgrade to 11? > > >> > > >> I think that's correct. There are a bunch of technologies involved, > > >> including kernel mode switching (video drivers) and possibly UEFI, and > > >> the gop command might only have appeared recently. Somebody(TM) ought > > >> to try to get a comprehensive overview of how it all ties together and > > >> write an article. > > > > > > I'm not seeing a gop command on my 11.1 box. > > > > It's a loader command. > > And as far as I can tell, entirely undocumented - though looking at the > commit messages for the file mentioned below might be helpful; I gave up > before trying. As mentioned, I'd grep'd source of mans for loader.conf > and pretty much everything else to do with booting and loader; not to > say I didn't miss something obvious to someone who actually knows this. > > Sorry about breaking threading by (albeit carefully) replying to the > digests, but to not waste the quite some time put into hunting this: > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2017-September/278783.html > > That is, check /usr/src/sys/boot/efi/loader/arch/amd64/framebuffer.c > > So if this file appears in 11.1 - or 10.3? - then maybe somebody can > figure out what parameters might be fed to gop(0) and to what effect; > reading the whole code sort-of seems to offer some sort-of clues .. So it's not a surprise that my particular testing installation does not have a "gop" command in the loader. I'm using FreeBSD 10.3 (patched) i386 on a machine with BIOS (not UEFI). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...