Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:51:35 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Ed Maste <emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca> Subject: Re: RELENG_6: serial console drops back from 115200 to 9600 baud Message-ID: <20060227085135.GL42677@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <44020EDA.1070609@andric.com> References: <4400D235.9030807@andric.com> <20060225225621.GA42888@sandvine.com> <4400E70F.2020902@andric.com> <20060226005712.GA48900@sandvine.com> <44010644.4000504@andric.com> <20060226021457.GB55658@sandvine.com> <44020EDA.1070609@andric.com>
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--kkcDP0v44wDpNmbp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:26:02PM +0100, Dimitry Andric wrote: > Ed Maste wrote: > > So I suspect that the following happens when you boot: > >=20 > > - your BIOS sets the serial port to 9600 >=20 > Yes. >=20 > > - boot0 does nothing with the serial pot >=20 > I'm using 'dangerously dedicated' disks, so it's only boot[12] that is us= ed. >=20 > > - boot1/2 reads the -P in /boot.config and detects no keyboard, and > > then sets the serial port to 9600 and the console to comconsole >=20 > Indeed, I never got the "/boot.config: -P" message on the serial console > before. Now I get it, using updated boot blocks. >=20 > > - the loader detects that the serial port is enabled and is already > > set to 9600 >=20 > > Thus, I'm not surprised that you get a 9600 baud console without > > an rc.conf setting. The thing that concerns me is your report that > > the console does not run at 115200 even if /boot/loader.conf > > contains comconsole_speed=3D"115200". >=20 > This turns out to be an error on my part, sorry to have you worried. :) > I'd accidentally put "console_speed=3D115200" in loader.conf. With > "comconsole_speed=3D115200" and 9600 baud boot blocks, it works okay, > although you don't see any of the boot[12] messages, of course. >=20 > That's why installing 115200 baud boot blocks is still the better > solution for me; my BIOS doesn't have any possibility to set the COM > port speeds... >=20 The best for you would be to add -S115200 in /boot.config, after reinstalling new boot blocks (bsdlabel -B), and throw everything else that's related from make.conf and loader.conf. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --kkcDP0v44wDpNmbp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEAr2XqRfpzJluFF4RAnljAJwNOqsocsU06j4PEQagoW1hK5bCfQCbBViI Xz8VDWHwJ+ohELDrP+ERJu4= =U9oj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kkcDP0v44wDpNmbp--
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