Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:14:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Sparc64 <sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Serial console seems to have disappeared Message-ID: <20050225181210.C32072@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20050226012438.GI92490@seekingfire.com> References: <20050226012438.GI92490@seekingfire.com>
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Tillman Hodgson wrote: > Howdy folks, > > I've had this in my /etc/ttys since forever (near enough): > > ttyb "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire.9600" vt220-w on secure > > And I've had eeprom settings like this to match: > > # eeprom -a | grep put-device > output-device: ttyb > input-device: ttyb > > I upgraded to a much more recent -current (the previous stuff I was > running was from last summer). The serial bits appear to have changed > ... while I see the boot process over the serial line, I can no longer > communicate with a getty: > > ... > Starting inetd. > Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds. > Fri Feb 25 17:31:50 CST 2005 > Feb 25 17:31:51 caliban getty[685]: open /dev/screen: No such fi > FreeBSD/sparc64 (caliban.rospa.ca) (ttyb) > login: > > At this point whatever I type is echoed back after hitting enter but > there is definitely no login process in place. > > Has the serial devices changed names in the past few months? `ls > /dev/tty*` shows a ttyz0 and z1 which look promising. I didn't see any > mention of them in /usr/src/UPDATING though. The current recommendation is to use the uart(4) driver, which should support the same chips as the zs and sab drivers (unless you're on an Enterprise [34][05]00). The tty device changes to /dev/ttyu*. Prior to that change I had gettys starting on ttyz[01] and not using the ttya/b links -- I'm not even sure where those come from. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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