Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:19:57 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's aggressive keyboard probe/attach Message-ID: <200108151719.f7FHJvC01080@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:15:40 PDT." <XFMail.010815091540.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 15-Aug-01 Mike Smith wrote:
> >
> > [Terry blathers]
> >> > Surprisingly, setting "vidconsole" in the SRM didn't make
> >> > my TGA work in FreeBSD. 8-p.
> >
> > 'vidconsole' is the x86 loader console driver. Under SRM, there are no
> > console options (because the platform doesn't give you any).
>
> Errr, there is a CONSOLE SRM variable that can be set to either "serial" or
> "graphics" that determines which SRM console (and thus boot and kernel consol
> e)
> you end up with. "serial" : "graphics" :: "comconsole" : "vidconsole"
Bah. I know that. I misinterpreted "in the SRM" to mean "in the loader
under SRM". Brain fart, sorry.
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