From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 20:01:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03C74106564A for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:01:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 762BB8FC13 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:01:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o8DK1M9j052518; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:01:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o8DK1LoZ052516; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:01:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) From: Oliver Fromme Message-Id: <201009132001.o8DK1LoZ052516@lurza.secnetix.de> To: ed@80386.nl (Ed Schouten) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:01:21 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20100913184402.GH56986@hoeg.nl> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:01:37 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: Serial console problems with stable/8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:01:46 -0000 Ed Schouten wrote: > Just replying to a random message in this thread. > > Maybe we should just implement /dev/console in such a way that it can > never get stuck on dcd. I've seen this break too many times. > > Below is an untested patch. Anyone willing to test it for me? Thank you! I will gladly test it on Friday. I'm sorry I can't test it earlier, but I'm reluctant to test things like this remotely. @ Jeremy: Thank you for the detailed response! I will make sure to bring a multimeter with me and check the pin connections on my nullmodem cable. I'm still curious why this cable worked with 7.x with the same configuration. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek