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To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au
Subject: Re: Serial console busted?
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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:15:13 -0700
From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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In article <199707180445.OAA04279@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>,
Michael Smith  <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> I boot with '-h', and I see :
> 
> Booting 0:wd(0,a)kernel.b @ 0x100000
> text=0xcb000 data=0x10000 bss=0x1036c symbols=[+0xc94+0x4+0x10194+0x4+0x15c9c]
> Can't find file kernel.b.config
> total=0x211e38 entry point=0x100000
> 
> ... and then I get console output on the (*^&%*(& CRT.

In your kernel config file, you have to add "flags 0x10" for the sio
device that you want to serve as the console.  This is fairly new.

John
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