K 10
svn:author
V 7
iedowse
K 8
svn:date
V 27
2003-06-22T02:54:33.000000Z
K 7
svn:log
V 625
Use a new message buffer `consmsgbuf' to forward messages to a
TIOCCONS console (e.g. xconsole) via a timeout routine instead of
calling into the tty code directly from printf(). This fixes a
number of cases where calling printf() at the wrong time (such as
with locks held) would cause a panic if xconsole is running.

The TIOCCONS message buffer is 8k in size by default, but this can
be changed with the kern.consmsgbuf_size sysctl. By default, messages
are checked for 5 times per second. The timer runs and the buffer
memory remains allocated only at times when a TIOCCONS console is
active.

Discussed on:	freebsd-arch

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