On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 06:55:19PM -0800, Garrett D'Amore - sun microsystems
wrote:
> Grub has been modified to read and use the information in SPCR. A new
> keyword $CONSOLE is added for use on the kernel$ boot line in menu.lst;
> it will expand to properties which select either the appropriate serial
> port and mode (for example,
> "console=ttya,ttya-mode=19200,8,n,1,-,ttya-ignore-cd=true") or the
> normal text or graphics console ("console=text" or "console=graphics")
> as the Solaris release requires. (Currently Nevada uses text,
> OpenSolaris uses graphics.) A typical use in menu.lst would look
> like:
>
> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,$CONSOLE
How will grub know whether to expand $CONSOLE to console=text or
console=graphics? Will grub be built differently for Nevada and
OpenSolaris?
Are the changes to grub going back upstream?
Nico
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