NetBSD Problem Report #38716

From martin@duskware.de  Wed May 21 08:04:56 2008
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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 00:34:26 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: usb discovery messages spill over /etc/rc and sysinst
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>Number:         38716
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       usb discovery messages spill over /etc/rc and sysinst
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 21 08:05:00 +0000 2008
>Closed-Date:    Tue Sep 18 02:27:02 +0000 2018
>Last-Modified:  Tue Sep 18 02:27:02 +0000 2018
>Originator:     Andrew Doran
>Release:        4.99.62
>Organization:
The NetBSD Project
>Environment:
x86
>Description:
Autoconf output for the keyboard on my workstation spills over output
from /etc/rc, and worse, over sysinst. It's a problem particularly as
it kills the welcome screen in sysinst, which is the first thing a new
user sees. It also looks really unprofessional.
>How-To-Repeat:
Have a system where USB devices take a bit longer to attach, or plug in
something just as the system starts /etc/rc

>Fix:
Some possible fixes:

- Maybe use config_pending to hold off starting init until the first
  round of device discovery is complete.

- Have sysinst play tricks and steal away the console device.

- Have sysinst run on ttyE1 if possible. While it's kind of a hack it
  would make kernel output a non-issue where it can be done.

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: mrg@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 02:27:02 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
with recent and not so recent changes, all attached USB devices have
a very good chance of actually being attached by mountroot, and thus
should never really have this again.  also, sysinst redirects the
console messages these days..


>Unformatted:

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