Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:11:05 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: FreeBSD-Sparc64 <sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Serial console seems to have disappeared Message-ID: <20050226031105.GJ92490@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20050225181210.C32072@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20050226012438.GI92490@seekingfire.com> <20050225181210.C32072@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:14:49PM -0800, Doug White wrote:
> 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.
Thanks muchly for your information -- it's currently working great on
ttyz1, and I'm starting to look into what it'll take to move to uart(4)
(google seems to be saying that just swapping the devices into/out of my
kernel ought to work).
-T
--
"... there is no way for me to describe to you how far off-base you are.
You can't even see the base from there. You're looking around, but you
can't find it. Where's the base?"
-- Tyco, www.penny-arcade.com
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