Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:59:07 -0500 From: Brandon Weisz <lists@avioc.org> To: Scott Ullrich <sullrich@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Serial console broken on RELENG_8 ? Message-ID: <4ABA8C1B.9020607@avioc.org> In-Reply-To: <d5992baf0909231347r3f269ba6le2a12d86d1dd7f2f@mail.gmail.com> References: <d5992baf0909231347r3f269ba6le2a12d86d1dd7f2f@mail.gmail.com>
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Scott Ullrich wrote: > Hello, > > We are noticing that serial no longer functions the same way it did in > 7.X when using -h or -D in /boot.config > > What we are seeing is this: > > Boot: 1 > /boot.config: -h > Consoles: serial port > BIOS drive C: is disk0 > BIOS 639kB/490496kB available memory > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 > (sullrich@freebsdcurrent.livebsd.com, Wed Sep 23 20:26:13 UTC 2009) > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x789ca4 data=0x149434+0x80de0 - > | > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... > \ > > And then the serial console stops functioning. > > This is on PC-Engine ALIX boards, VIA Embedded and anything else that > I can find here that only features a serial console (Nexcom, too). > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > Did you update device.hints? See 20080713 entry in /usr/src/UPDATING. sio(4) was replaced by uart(4). I just upgraded to RELENG_8 on a soekris board and my serial console is working properly. > My apologies if this is the wrong list. > > Thanks in advance, > > Scott > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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