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Bug #13080

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Cannot set EFI console as primary console when using both EFI and Serial

Added by Jim Pingle over 2 years ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Very Low
Assignee:
Jim Pingle
Category:
FreeBSD
Target version:
2.7.0
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
23.01
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
Affected Architecture:

Description

If a system is booting EFI it uses the console efi, whereas VGA uses vidconsole. When enabling the serial console on EFI, the loader.conf contents are set as:

console="efi,comconsole"

Despite having EFI listed first, the serial console gets the full boot output and the boot menu and boot messages both indicate serial is primary:

 |  5. Cons: Dual (Serial primary)         |    |   /  /   /  /    /   /     |


Dual Console: Serial Primary, Video Secondary

When using a VGA console this works properly:

console="vidconsole,comconsole" 


Dual Console: Video Primary, Serial Secondary

Since we appear to be configuring things properly as far as I can see, this is likely a FreeBSD bug, so this is mostly for tracking.

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