serial console "detection" during boot

[Uffe Jakobsen]

On 2012-09-17 22:23, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>
> what do you think of the following two diffs?
>

+1

> Most likely I overdid various checks in libi386/comconsole.c.
> And, obviously, the RETRY_COUNT value is pulled out of thin air.
> Any help and suggestions are very welcome.
>
> With this patch I am able to boot with
> boot_multicons="YES"
> console="vidconsole,comconsole"
> in loader.conf on hardware where serial ports are disabled in BIOS.
> Previously loader would just hang trying to apply the console setting.
>

This patch would be a blessing - I've had problems like the one that you 
describe.

/Uffe