Re: git: df065f699f1f - main - stand: More sensible defaults when ConOut is missing

On 9/24/22 12:16 AM, Mark Millard wrote:
> John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote on
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:29:03 UTC :
> 
>> On 8/26/22 9:18 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
>>> The branch main has been updated by imp:
>>>
>>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=df065f699f1ff819bb9607c44a6754275ab335ed
>>>
>>> commit df065f699f1ff819bb9607c44a6754275ab335ed
>>> Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
>>> AuthorDate: 2022-08-26 21:46:33 +0000
>>> Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
>>> CommitDate: 2022-08-27 04:17:56 +0000
>>>
>>>       stand: More sensible defaults when ConOut is missing
>>>       
>>>       . . .
>>
>> One possibly surprising result of this is that I did not get dual console
>> output on my rpi after this.  (Curiously this only affected my arm64 image
>> but not my armv7 image.)  Loader output goes to both, but kernel output is
>> only on the video console (which I don't normally use for my pi).
> 
> 
> I just tried a RPi4B (USB3 SSD media) based on:
> 
> FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20220923-00d8a28f19b-258155.img.xz
> 
> and do not see the specific behavior, if I interpret
> correctly.
> 
> The system has (unchanged by me):
> 
> # more /boot/loader.conf
> # Configure USB OTG; see usb_template(4).
> hw.usb.template=3
> umodem_load="YES"
> # Multiple console (serial+efi gop) enabled.
> boot_multicons="YES"
> boot_serial="YES"
> # Disable the beastie menu and color
> beastie_disable="YES"
> loader_color="NO"

I had an empty loader.conf as I hadn't needed one before.  My
firmware is also old (2017) which is probably a factor as it
doesn't provide ConIn or ConOut variables from what I can see.

-- 
John Baldwin