On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 11/02/13 12:59, Teske, Devin wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Another Call For Testing... >> This one is for bsdinstall. > Will look at the rest later... >> >> + Update bsdinstall's "config" script to adjust ttyu* entries in >> /etc/ttys when it is determined that we are in-fact doing an install >> over serial (e.g. bhyve). >> > > I think this is the wrong solution.
Thank you for your feedback. Sincerely. > The installer is run in a lot of circumstances, and tying it to the boot > environment is a mistake. If we want serial consoles to default to on for > x86, they should default to on (they do for most other architectures). The > magic should never ever be in the installer. > Well, I would say we *don't* want serial to be on by default... That would actually hurt me at $work where we actually use the serial ports for barcode readers. > Setting the terminal type to vt100 unconditionally is also questionable. > Using kbdcontrol also doesn't do the right thing, since it will turn on > serial consoles if you install to, say, a disk image from an xterm or if you > use newcons. Kk. I'm CC'ing Peter Grehan, because we only arrived at this solution based on a quick discussion with Michael Dexter at vBSDcon with respect to bhyve. Peter, can you restate the problem for Nathan so that we can maybe find a better home for this change? or perhaps more clearly define (than I) how we arrived at the code for the bhyve work? -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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