From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 07:01:23 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969801065673; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:01:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kib@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66ED68FC08; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:01:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0H71Nj6072219; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:01:23 GMT (envelope-from kib@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from kib@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q0H71Ncs072217; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:01:23 GMT (envelope-from kib@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201201170701.q0H71Ncs072217@svn.freebsd.org> From: Konstantin Belousov Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:01:23 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r230259 - stable/9/sys/boot/common X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:01:23 -0000 Author: kib Date: Tue Jan 17 07:01:22 2012 New Revision: 230259 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230259 Log: MFC r229771: Document comconsole_port and comconsole_pcidev loader variables. Modified: stable/9/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Directory Properties: stable/9/sys/ (props changed) stable/9/sys/boot/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/sys/boot/common/loader.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/9/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Tue Jan 17 06:57:55 2012 (r230258) +++ stable/9/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Tue Jan 17 07:01:22 2012 (r230259) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 27, 2011 +.Dd January 7, 2012 .Dt LOADER 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -419,6 +419,43 @@ was compiled. Changes to the .Va comconsole_speed variable take effect immediately. +.It Va comconsole_port +Defines the base i/o port used to access console UART +(i386 and amd64 only). +If the variable is not set, its assumed value is 0x3F8, which +corresponds to PC port COM1, unless overriden by +.Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT +variable during the compilation of +.Nm . +Setting the +.Va comconsole_port +variable automatically set +.Va hw.uart.console +environment variable to provide a hint to kernel for location of the console. +Loader console is changed immediately after variable +.Va comconsole_port +is set. +.It Va comconsole_pcidev +Defines the location of a PCI device of the 'simple communication' +class to be used as the serial console UART (i386 and amd64 only). +The syntax of the variable is +.Li 'bus:device:function[:bar]' , +where all members must be numeric, with possible +.Li 0x +prefix to indicate a hexadecimal value. +The +.Va bar +member is optional and assumed to be 0x10 if omitted. +The bar must decode i/o space. +Setting the variable +.Va comconsole_pcidev +automatically sets the variable +.Va comconsole_port +to the base of the selected bar, and hint +.Va hw.uart.console . +Loader console is changed immediately after variable +.Va comconsole_pcidev +is set. .It Va console Defines the current console or consoles. Multiple consoles may be specified.