Multiple console support for loader(8)

[David O'Brien]

On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 07:58:55PM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> OK, I've had a lot of positive feedback about this both on and off the
> list so have gone ahead and finished the patch off. I've updated the file
> at http://www.devrandom.co.uk/freebsd/bootmulti.diff and submitted PR
> kern/66425 to keep track of it. I have included the same changes to the
> PC98 code (although this is untested) and have updated boot(8) and
> loader(8). I have not touched other platforms as I have no idea if they
> need it, but I suspect amd64 may need similar changes. I'm happy to code a
> patch for this if someone will confirm that it is necessary.

It is necessary.  For things related to boot (and firmware), amd64 is
identical to i386.

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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)