Trimming the default /boot/device.hints

[John Baldwin]

On Friday 06 February 2009 10:22:35 am Andriy Gapon wrote:
> on 06/02/2009 16:37 John Baldwin said the following:
> > 
> > Yes, it only needs the hint for it to be a console device.
> > 
> 
> I am slightly confused as to how that hint works then, it's not like a
> standard isa hint it seems.
> Can it somehow be built-in (into the code)?

Specifically, look at sc_cnprobe() in sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c.  It calls a 
sc_cons_get_priority() routine that on x86 maps lives in 
sys/isa/syscons_isa.c.  This checks for a syscons hint.  Changing it to 
always assume a unit 0 would probably allow this to work.

-- 
John Baldwin