Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu

2011-05-03 Thread Jason Hellenthal
Devin, On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 08:45:14PM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: > >On Apr 30, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > >> >> Devin, >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 04:00:47PM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: >>> Would be nice: "uname -v" of the kernel it will boot. >>> >>> That's a bi

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.3

2011-05-03 Thread Jason Hellenthal
Devin, On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 08:57:05PM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: [...] > >loader_brand="..." > > Selects the BSD brand to display. Valid values are "fbsd" (displays > "FreeBSD") and "dbsd" (displays "DruidBSD"). An invalid value (such as > "none") will disable the display of

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 5:22:20 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:01 PM > > To: Devin Teske > > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > > >

RE: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:01 PM > To: Devin Teske > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > > On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 4:47:26 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > > -Or

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 4:47:26 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:36 PM > > To: Devin Teske > > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > > >

RE: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:36 PM > To: Devin Teske > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > > On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 4:17:23 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > > -Or

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 4:17:23 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:20 PM > > To: Devin Teske > > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > >

RE: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:20 PM > To: Devin Teske > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > > On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:57:34 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > > From:

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:57:34 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:33 AM > > To: Devin Teske > > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Olivier SMEDTS > > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > > > > On Tuesday,

RE: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread Devin Teske
> From: John Baldwin [mailto:j...@freebsd.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:33 AM > To: Devin Teske > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Olivier SMEDTS > Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 > > On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:31:14 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > > > On May 3, 2011, a

Re: Runtime check for PAE option on BSD 6+ i386

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:43:39 pm Kostik Belousov wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 11:44:32AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:10:26 am Philip Soeberg wrote: > > > Hi fellow FreeBSD hackers, > > > > > > I've been using the following poor-man's approach in my driver init

Re: Runtime check for PAE option on BSD 6+ i386

2011-05-03 Thread Kostik Belousov
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 11:44:32AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:10:26 am Philip Soeberg wrote: > > Hi fellow FreeBSD hackers, > > > > I've been using the following poor-man's approach in my driver init for > > ages in an attempt at detecting PAE option on BSD 6 (or grea

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:31:14 pm Devin Teske wrote: > > On May 3, 2011, at 4:45 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Monday, May 02, 2011 8:48:31 pm Devin Teske wrote: > >> This version (1.1) works nearly identically to the standard menu that > >> ships with > >> FreeBSD in that it detects wheth

Re: Runtime check for PAE option on BSD 6+ i386

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:10:26 am Philip Soeberg wrote: > Hi fellow FreeBSD hackers, > > I've been using the following poor-man's approach in my driver init for > ages in an attempt at detecting PAE option on BSD 6 (or greater) i386 > kernels, as I depend on dmabus(9) but provide a loadable ke

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread Devin Teske
On May 3, 2011, at 4:45 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > On Monday, May 02, 2011 8:48:31 pm Devin Teske wrote: >> This version (1.1) works nearly identically to the standard menu that ships >> with >> FreeBSD in that it detects whether ACPI is enabled (truth be told, I actually >> re-used the "acpienab

Runtime check for PAE option on BSD 6+ i386

2011-05-03 Thread Philip Soeberg
Hi fellow FreeBSD hackers, I've been using the following poor-man's approach in my driver init for ages in an attempt at detecting PAE option on BSD 6 (or greater) i386 kernels, as I depend on dmabus(9) but provide a loadable kernel module only. >>> if (sizeof(void*) == 4) { if (((uint6

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Monday, May 02, 2011 8:48:31 pm Devin Teske wrote: > This version (1.1) works nearly identically to the standard menu that ships > with > FreeBSD in that it detects whether ACPI is enabled (truth be told, I actually > re-used the "acpienabled?" function verbatim from /boot/beastie.4th by Scott

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.3

2011-05-03 Thread Olivier Smedts
2011/5/3 Devin Teske : > Hey all, > Proud to bring you version 1.3 which completes the followup suggestions made > by Olivier Smedts (use autoboot_delay instead of loader_menu_timeout and > change dc_seconds to loader_delay) and a couple other minor > enhancements/fixes. > I think that brings every

Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1

2011-05-03 Thread Olivier Smedts
2011/5/3 Devin Teske : >> The previous loader behavior when an unknown key was pressed was to reset >> the delay to the autoboot_delay value. > > I wasn't aware of that functionality (I'd always pressed SPACE to pause the > timer). > > Maybe a dumb question, but why would anybody want to reset the