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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD's aggressive keyboard probe/attach
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010815103020.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200108151719.f7FHJvC01080@mass.dis.org>

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On 15-Aug-01 Mike Smith wrote:
>> 
>> 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.

Apple overworking you a bit much recently? :)

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