From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 26 11:49:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (castles506.castles.com [208.214.165.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE8B14BF2 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 1999 11:49:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA03506; Sun, 26 Dec 1999 11:53:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199912261953.LAA03506@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Leif Neland Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial boot prompt messages and a modem In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 26 Dec 1999 01:14:42 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 11:53:44 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > > Leif Neland wrote: > > > > > > > Just configure it correctly. Don't tell it to talk to a serial device > > > > that will be sending it gibberish. > > > > > > A hack would be to have the loader emit ATE0 to protect itself from > > > echoing modems. > > > > AFAIK, it would not protect against all modems. I think Winmodems, for > > instance, won't recognize that command. > > > A: AFAIK, winmodems are not connected to a serial port, they are internal > boards. > > B: Real men don't use anything marked win* for Real Computing. "Real Men" don't connect modems configured to echo to console ports. The first BIOS-supported serial port on your PC is the console port. End of story. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message