Subject: Re: RFC: switching to the console on panic
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/13/2006 09:13:07
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 12:14:01AM +0100, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 08:34:03PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > >Avoids confusion mainly and prevents ppl. from typing in stuff and not=
=20
> > >understanding why the program is not responding.
> > >
> >=20
> > What if the console is not wscons?
>=20
> Uhm... nothing... as in same as now due to the #if NWSDISPLAY >0 line :)

As Matt noted, just because you have NWSDISPLAY >0 does not mean you are=20
using a video console, just that you can.

I think the answer is to have the wscons code that would do the switching=
=20
actually verify that the console is on wscons.

Take care,

Bill


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