[PATCH] Switch ofw_console(4) to callout(9)

John Baldwin jhb at FreeBSD.org
Fri Aug 29 01:14:22 UTC 2014


On Aug 28, 2014, at 2:44 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 03:39:20PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
>> This patch switches the ofw_console driver from timeout(9) to callout(9).
>> The patch is against HEAD but it probably applies to 9 and 10.
> 
> On 11.0-CURRENT powerpc r266314M:
> 
> $ man ofw_console
> No manual entry for ofw_console
> 
> I don't think you can call it ofw_console(4) just yet. ;-)

It's a driver in the kernel and those are section 4. :)

>> Please test with INVARIANTS enabled.
> 
> What are the exact test steps that would be useful for you?

Just making sure it works?  I'm not sure how you force it as the console device or if it's just a matter of enabling it in /etc/ttys and then making sure you can interact with it ok as a console.

-- 
John Baldwin








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