Nicolas Williams wrote:
> 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?
Yes, if the OpenSolaris transition hasn't taken over by the time of putback.
> Are the changes to grub going back upstream?
Probably not; something similar but different will be included in Grub2,
which is on its way, but not ready soon enough to hold off this change.
