10.1 kernel device config for drm2 and kms drivers

Ben Morrow ben at morrow.me.uk
Thu Oct 23 03:08:14 UTC 2014


Ben Morrow <ben at morrow.me.uk> wrote:
> Quoth =?windows-1252?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?=
>  <jean-sebastien.pedron at dumbbell.fr>:
> > On 13.09.2014 22:42, Ben Morrow wrote:
> > > Previously, with syscons, I could usually scroll back after boot had
> > > finished and the login: prompt appeared and get all the way up to the
> > > start of the kernel messages (the Copyright line). 
> > > 
> > > Now, with vt, and loading radeonkms from rc.conf rather than
> > > loader.conf, if I switch to the console, I can: scroll up through 8
> > > screens of kernel and userland console messages
> > 
> > The history scrolling was rewritten in r271871 (HEAD) and r271973
> > (10.1). I believe your problem is fixed by this change.
> > 
> > Can you confirm if 10.1-RC* works for you in this regard?
> 
> I'll check as soon as I can.

I've just tested 10.1-RC3, and this indeed appears to have fixed the
problem. Thank you.

Ben



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