From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 26 11:42:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA21313 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA21308 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:42:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA18585 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:42:48 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.6/brasil-1.2) with UUCP id UAA16780 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:42:20 +0200 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.7/keltia-2.10/nospam) id UAA03932; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:41:53 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970926204152.11761@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:41:52 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comconsole References: <199709261706.MAA01486@argus.tfs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199709261706.MAA01486@argus.tfs.net>; from Jim Bryant on Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 12:06:26PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Jim Bryant: > how do you configure the comconsole on /dev/ttyd2 ??? You go to /sys/i386/boot/biosboot and read README.serial. It has the following in it... - Using a port other than COM1 as the console requires some recompiling. Again, it's usually assumed that COM1 will be available for use as a console device on a dedicated file/compute/terminal server, so hopefully you'll never need to do this. But if you feel you must change the console to a different port, here's how: o Get the kernel source package. o Edit /etc/make.conf and set BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT to the address of the port you want to use (0x3F8, 0x2F8, 0x3E8 or 0x2E8). Only COM1 through COM4 can be used; multiport serial cards will not work. No interrupt setting is needed. o Create a custom kernel configuration file and add appropriate `flags' for the serial port you want to use. For example, if you want to make COM2 the console: device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty flags 0x10 irq 3 vector siointr The console flags for the other serial ports should not be set. o Recompile both the boot blocks and the kernel. o Install the boot blocks with the disklabel command and boot from the new kernel. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #35: Sun Sep 21 19:28:07 CEST 1997