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sys/amd64: fallback to VGA text mode on headless systems
On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 06:39:03PM +0100, Kirill A. Korinsky wrote: > > > > > > What about my suggestion to have a dummy framebuffer? > > > > > > > I had tried, but I wasn't able make something that works. > > > > Or better to say all my attemt leads to that machine still hungs. > > > > Here hard part: this is remote machine, I haven't got access to serial > > console on it, I can only boot it, or boot in "rescue mode" (Linux) or as > > to attach KVM. > > > > ... and without the way to debug I can't figure out why and where it hangs. > > > > Shall I drop this diff ? > I agree with Mark. The dummy console which you intentionally enable via /etc/boot.conf like "set tty dummy" is the right way.
sys/amd64: fallback to VGA text mode on headless systems