Re: Add a "scroll" keyword to boot.cfg

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

David Laight wrote:

> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:43:57AM +1000, Simon Burge wrote:
> > Matthias Drochner wrote:
> > 
> > > ad%NetBSD.org@localhost said:
> > > > The clear screen thing
> > > 
> > > Could you make this optional? I prefer to see the BIOS summary and
> > > PCI device list while the NetBSD boot countdown is running.
> > > Or add a "clear" command which can be invoked from boot.cfg.
> > 
> > A "clear" command works for me too.
> 
> One of my 'pet hates' is screen clearing....
> For instance the Soekris bios emits and ANSI home/clear sequence whenever
> it is entered that rather nicely deletes the last (vital) kernel
> messages when the system resets!

What was being proposed was an optional "clear" command.

Cheers,
Simon.