From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 23 21:48:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D64D106566C for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:48:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from info@martenvijn.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFC8E8FC12 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:48:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.178.71] (martenvijn.xs4all.nl [80.101.161.153]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8NLmaGx089840; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:48:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from info@martenvijn.nl) From: Marten Vijn To: Scott Ullrich In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:48:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1253742513.12119.8.camel@mvn-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: Serial console broken on RELENG_8 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:48:38 -0000 On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 16:47 -0400, 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? hi, Make sure mergemaster has run properly, the devicenames have changed, 7.x => 8.x cuad0 => cuau0 ttyd0 => ttyu0 I have serial support working under 8.0 RC1 for ALIX 3d2. Try booting a 7.x kernel to fix files like /etc/ttys and so before booting 8.x. cheers Marten > > 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" -- this email is sent from my mainframe..... http://martenvijn.nl Sugar on a Stick http://bsd.wifisoft.org/nek/ The Network Event Kit http://opencommunitycamp.org 26th Jul - 2nd August