Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:08:26 GMT From: Martin Jackson <mhjacks@swbell.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/100903: Handbook: new options available for serial console Message-ID: <200607270308.k6R38QCt066104@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200607270310.k6R3AHYc072983@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 100903 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook: new options available for serial console >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 27 03:10:17 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Martin Jackson >Release: 6.1-RELEASE-p3 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD anduril.minas.tirith 6.1-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p3 #7: Sun Jul 9 16:45:37 CDT 2006 root@anduril.minas.tirith:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SERVER i386 >Description: As of 6.1-RELEASE, boot allows a -S command-line option to set the console terminal speed. This eliminates the need to recompile boot blocks (as described in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html). It was educational to go through the recompile boot blocks process, but the Handbook should mention the new -S mechanism (it is documented in boot(8), e.g. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=boot&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE&format=html) >How-To-Repeat: Always. :) >Fix: I suggest text such as the following: NOTE: As of 6.1-RELEASE, boot(8) accepts a -S command line parameter to set the serial console speed in lieu of recompiling and reinstalling the boot blocks as described here. The -S command line option can be added to /boot.config like the other options documented on this page. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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