Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:17:12 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Brad Davis <brd@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/108101: /boot/default/loader.conf contains an incorrect comment Message-ID: <201009071717.12787.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20100907204055.GE43322@valentine.liquidneon.com> References: <201009061550.o86Fo7OA004875@freefall.freebsd.org> <201009071454.27583.jhb@freebsd.org> <20100907204055.GE43322@valentine.liquidneon.com>
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On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:40:55 pm Brad Davis wrote: > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 02:54:27PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:52:25 pm Brad Davis wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 08:30:25AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On Monday, September 06, 2010 11:50:07 am Brad Davis wrote: > > > > > The following reply was made to PR docs/108101; it has been noted by GNATS. > > > > > > > > > > From: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org> > > > > > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > > > > > Cc: > > > > > Subject: Re: docs/108101: /boot/default/loader.conf contains an incorrect > > > > > comment > > > > > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:12:57 -0600 > > > > > > > > > > Confirmed. > > > > > > > > > > Trying to find out if we can fix the loader, rather than remove the > > > > > comment. > > > > > > > > Does it work properly if you use beastie_disable="YES" in loader.conf? > > > > > > It does. > > > > Hmm, presumably it is a regression in beastie.4th then. Unfortunately I do > > not know Forth at all. Something like this might work: > > > > Index: beastie.4th > > =================================================================== > > --- beastie.4th (revision 212292) > > +++ beastie.4th (working copy) > > @@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ > > 10 > > else > > 0 0 2swap >number drop drop drop > > + dup -1 = if > > + exit > > + then > > + drop > > then > > begin > > dup tkey > > > > (I would test this via PXE or some such at first so you can easily back this > > out if it fubar's the boot process.) > > I tested it and it seems to ignore it and start counting down anyways. Hmmm, I'll have to think about this some more. This code is not easy to parse. :( Does it still respect autoboot_delay if you set it to a non-default value? -- John Baldwin
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