cvs commit: src/sbin/reboot boot_i386.8

[Gavin Atkinson]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 11:21, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 10:43:15AM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 10:15, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > ru          2004-09-30 09:15:33 UTC
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sbin/reboot          boot_i386.8 
> > >   Log:
> > >   FreeBSD has full support for multiple consoles since 2001.
> > 
> > I don't believe this is true.  It is something I have implemented in the
> > past (see http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4092A8EB.5090709 and PR
> > kern/66425).
> > 
> > If there is a way for dual console support to be enabled in a default
> > install, it should probably be documented somewhere.
> > 
> Um, your patch is about multiple consoles support in loader(8),
> which is, while related, is not about what I have touched.
> What I have touched was a stale comment that kernel does not
> support multiple consoles.  Setting "boot_multicons=" in
> /boot/loader.conf, or using "boot -D" in the loader(8) will
> enable it.  (I'm working on updating the documentation in
> this respect.)

OK. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I was under the impression that
"boot -D" still isn't passed through to the kernel, and that only a
single console would be used unless boot_multicons is set. I'll have to
try it again :)

Gavin