Dan Mick wrote:
> 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.
OpenSolaris doesn't recompile anything right now... why would we
remove functionality such that this would have to change?
How does this interact w/ the VESA console project?
- Bart
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