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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:00:18 -0800
From:      David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
To:        Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Serial console options
Message-ID:  <20090305180018.GF4315@albert.catwhisker.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090305175245.GA76821@cons.org>
References:  <20090305155721.GA70584@cons.org> <A0E42D0E-43D2-4D34-B763-F9A21A5D0837@mac.com> <20090305175245.GA76821@cons.org>

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On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:52:45PM -0500, Martin Cracauer wrote:
> ...
> Using the serial port for the mainboard's BIOS might or might not
> disable it's use for console or debugging, that was my question.

In my experience to date, it does not (disable); rather, the same serial
port may be used for access to the BIOS, as well as for logging in (via
/etc/ttys).  I haven't tried kgdb over serial, but I have no reason to
believe that the BIOS use of the port will affect that, either.

Peace,
david
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David H. Wolfskill				david@catwhisker.org
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