From nobody Sun Nov 23 16:39:08 2025 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dDvmY3h4Jz6HGg3 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R12" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4dDvmX390wz45DM for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1763915948; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Lc+F8ml+JfOMnNrp2g5mvTo1BVNu64srzcMj2F/ZaLs=; b=MIMLPBLZzDaemWGQNRuy1Y/2nCWSGLjS9Cim1Vi1HYwmL59dLtl9nQeSKUW9kckvptf+NR fjxGpaIexQazWopRfyPSD9am/DvcBHndEDOWley0aUC/jIR6KkL9zNRnxxfuIWof3M0luq OD8JRuOtVfZyRtstlnOeMNPRwKrROII1qaXo5m4NL8wK38Lxd+/V/0ugUx4zzXzWfxN3eL YwWHX0Vlzs3k+hxzLHyhfAQ6qwUoVEysLKcsr2rGpV6G4iJtMn4ylyLNobxRDuhi69Hc3D wbGw4qvsfXT7NEuLBIIk/qku+OLD6cUduKtJbde2Xs+sEg3AEdBVTXT0fnDYnQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1763915948; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Lc+F8ml+JfOMnNrp2g5mvTo1BVNu64srzcMj2F/ZaLs=; b=IGW9lmIAqR+3LJWsVfDLkSex5CN6AwqUcyX++6Gr3rWWyQdniz94yc0OtgUa8jpv98MaPG qAQYGIII0vw76M6cBdFkAeISAH6fVjCYzCOgqtgLLmxE89axQAjNa1ZuG6YMH7fW5Nrj55 yQM34fMQKNw55tOKLUTggAKejXARdMg+RGypjr3EBS5OLVI2cpJFTi5xUN1odJmQ5/ewyu 2rkEYdBUuqy+X3tQBKnWQfkEnla7C2+hdWYxWmJpz5Gx1k1KQ7BKw8tDn/00BOrsCci9uo DQXndcstk+MxS9T2dLYUMa6tMZCAby7UebiuiK/OEHoVphiNYfWt97NyS7yyww== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1763915948; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=S4mJ3QRfjjjfjak2lQNibLA0P9665IIaaiF4Yqju7CZHv0YVy0Ouzi9siYHeovdSAVKhv6 xc9Zvzrt7Jv+Anjb6KpQK+JKLM9Vg9mZIQfyJR+wDylrGf7BUmonVI2ZHT+jsKcliHRZUp SdDNBcxhT67MZXUPHRPTRonhJ6ecd9uy5hW5IbyhbX3OonfmhIUGPps/+0RfjKxseJnIC9 w87Gq38/29SA9+79djcj3gioVOMKridmaTQ/nnbf+2s15CE7JkxbdoxAO8ETBUADyOBRun 8OuStbvSrZ1SY1QX5qBAAUr6nSMqyqms5peav5Q745DUc0aW0/48KdccmI53yg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dDvmX0cD1zcjp for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id 36247 by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:08 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alexander Ziaee From: Colin Percival Subject: git: bba78121411a - releng/15.0 - loader manuals: Clarify console and boot_serial List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: cperciva X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/releng/15.0 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: bba78121411a6ffe04e30960f8e8072a60d788cf Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:08 +0000 Message-Id: <692338ac.36247.10ed00c2@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch releng/15.0 has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=bba78121411a6ffe04e30960f8e8072a60d788cf commit bba78121411a6ffe04e30960f8e8072a60d788cf Author: Alexander Ziaee AuthorDate: 2025-11-14 14:41:57 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival CommitDate: 2025-11-23 16:38:41 +0000 loader manuals: Clarify console and boot_serial console=comconsole is for the loader and boot_serial is for the kernel. I think we should centralize documentation on the loader settings in one manual, such a loader.8. The current proliferation is not obvious where to find the documentation. To the user, these are all set in loader.conf or at the loader prompt. Approved by: re (cperciva) MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53695 (cherry picked from commit 09ffaa4e07d749c83cc1db13829505f21b025f29) (cherry picked from commit 3035855815c2fdbe27b65b9ec0374f4583ceb3f5) --- stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 | 3 +++ stand/man/loader_simp.8 | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 index b1661e8c1101..8c43bb62a135 100644 --- a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 +++ b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 @@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ selects the video console which prevents any input and hides all output replacing it with .Dq spinning character (useful for embedded products and such). +This setting is for the +.Xr loader 8 +only and does not set the kernel output. .It Va screen.font Set font size for framebuffer mode. The default font size is selected based on screen resolution. diff --git a/stand/man/loader_simp.8 b/stand/man/loader_simp.8 index 683ca8b2da5d..52cb598fdd89 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader_simp.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader_simp.8 @@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ in .Xr kenv 1 , not for any particular value. .It Va boot_serial -Force the use of a serial console even when an internal console -is present. +Force the use of a serial console for the kernel +even when an internal console is present. .It Va boot_single Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup; instead, a single-user mode will be entered when the kernel has finished