https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262000
Bug ID: 262000
Summary: Boot loader ignores console directive in loader.conf
Product: Base System
Version: 13.0-STABLE
Hardware: amd64
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Some People
Priority: ---
Component: misc
Assignee: b...@freebsd.org
Reporter: kar...@freebsd.org
If I put this line in /boot/loader.conf:
console="comconsole efi"
the loader menu and its other output go to the serial console, but the menu
lists "Video" for the console, and the serial port does not become the kernel
console unless I manually change the console selection by pressing a 5. If I'm
not mistaken, the kernel environment shows a console value derived directly
from the loader.conf entry, not the selected console.
Also, the documentation, loader(8) and loader.conf(8), is not in sync with the
code. loader.conf(8) documents vidconsole, which is apparently obsolete. I get
a message that it is not valid, and also that there is no valid console (even
if comconsole is listed as well). Maybe efi replaces it. But the boot menu
uses "Video" rather than "efi".
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