Expose the control mechanism for serial console boot so that the default

shipped with freebsd can be changed without modifying the Makefiles directly.

Creates:	BOOT_FORCE_COMCONSOLE
		BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD
		BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD_LOCK
		BOOT_COMCONSOLE			(port value for console)

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index f03751e..1c3661d 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.33 1996/10/05 18:51:45 ache Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.34 1996/10/05 19:41:31 ache Exp $
 #
 # This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
 # It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@
 #BOOTWAIT=0
 #BOOTWAIT=30000
 #
+# By default, the system will always use the keyboard/video card as system
+# console.  However, the boot blocks may be configured to use a serial port
+# or probe the hardware to determine if the serial port or kbd/video should
+# be used.
+#
+# By default we use COM1 as our serial console port *if* we're going to use
+# a serial port as our console at all.  (0x3E8 = COM2)
+#
+#BOOT_COMCONSOLE=	0x3F8
+#
+# Uncomment the following line to test if a keyboard is present.  If the
+# keyboard isn't there, use the serial port as console.
+#
+#BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD=	true
+#
+# Uncomment the following line to read the keyboard lock switch.  If the
+# keyboard is locked, use the serial port as console.
+#
+#BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD_LOCK= true
 #
 # By default, this points to /usr/X11R6 for XFree86 releases 3.0 or earlier.
 # If you have a XFree86 from before 3.0 that has the X distribution in