Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:01:55 +0800 From: Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>, "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Confusing RPI2 kernel options Message-ID: <CAHNYxxMiLQcvjpkfvkmkfHOQkuebuATp%2BbUO1LehwVvvFxW3-A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <56FB80B1.9090903@selasky.org> References: <20160328225715.GA7705@www.zefox.net> <56FB80B1.9090903@selasky.org>
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: > On 03/29/16 00:57, bob prohaska wrote: > >> On an RPI2 running 11-CURRENT /usr/src/sys/arm/conf/RPI2 contains: >> >> # Comment following lines for boot console on serial port >> device vt >> device kbdmux >> device ukbd >> >> but in fact there _is_ a serial console and the options >> are _not_ commented. >> >> I realize the USB keyboard isn't expected >> to work, but it seems odd that the serial console does >> work given the description. Do I misunderstand something? >> >> Thanks for reading, >> >> bob prohaska >> >> > Hi, > > The USB keyboard does not work on the serial console, only the HDMI port > or display. > > That's not about keyboard but "boot console", or more formally "system console", to which kernel messages is output. At booting kernel, - with vt, kernel boot messages go to HDMI display. Serial port shows nothing until getty is up for it to bring login prompt. - without vt, kernel boot messages go to serial port. -Jia-Shiun.
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