Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:38:37 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> Subject: Re: no serial console for ttyd0 HP Blade Message-ID: <20080702063837.GE69034@evil.alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <20080702063651.GD69034@evil.alameda.net> References: <29641b38fd128219d11b0a910949a68c@localhost> <3AC5DAEE-95F1-4211-A819-CC085DD180ED@netconsonance.com> <20080702063651.GD69034@evil.alameda.net>
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I take that back, on blades the virtual serial is on COM1. On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 11:36:51PM -0700, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > Also remember that the blades have 2 serial ports, one can be accessed via > a dongle in the front of the blade and I believe that is what usual would be > called COM1 by default. The virtual serial via ilo takes up the COM2 by > default. This is at least the default on DL series servers and I haven't > checked into using the virtual serial on the Blades we have. > > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:42:16PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: > > This rhymes with sio deciding that your TTY is something other than > > ttyd0. We had this same problem on Rackable -- even though the proper > > tty was setup 0x3f8 irq 4 it was being assigned to sio1. You can see > > this by 'grep sio /var/log/messages' > > > > The only fix for this is to edit /boot/device.hints and reassign the > > flags to the sio1 interface, like so: > > > > hint.sio.1.at="isa" > > hint.sio.1.port="0x3F8" > > hint.sio.1.flags="0x10" > > hint.sio.1.irq="4" > > hint.sio.0.at="isa" > > hint.sio.0.port="0x2F8" > > hint.sio.0.irq="3" > > > > On Jul 1, 2008, at 8:23 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote: > > >I installed a recent (as of today) RELENG_7 on one of our HP Blades. > > >Unluckily my serial output stops right when a getty at ttyd0 should > > >kick > > >in. So I'm blind for the rest of the startup. > > >Very unfortunate. > > >The boot menu, as the bootup itself is printed out on serial console > > >until: > > >da0: <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device > > >da0: 135.168MB/s transfers > > >da0: 139947MB (286611840 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 35124C) > > >Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a > > >bce0: link state changed to DOWN > > >bce0: link state changed to UP > > >bce1: link state changed to UP > > > > > >Which is, what I think, the point when init should take over and > > >spawn a > > >serial console on ttyd0, according to my /etc/ttys: > > ># grep ttyd0 /etc/ttys > > >ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure > > > > > ># cat /boot/loader.conf > > >comconsole_speed="9600" > > >console="vidconsole,comconsole" # A comma separated list of > > >console(s) > > >boot_multicons="-D" # -D: Use multiple consoles > > >boot_serial="-h" # -h: Use serial console > > > > > ># uname -a > > >FreeBSD db46-202.mobile.rz 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Tue > > >Jul 1 > > >14:59:43 CEST 2008 root@db46-202.mobile.rz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ > > >GENERIC > > >amd64 > > > > > >The blade itself is a HP BL465c G5 > > > > > >Any ideas? I don't have this blade for a long time, so I'm a bit in a > > >hurry. > > >In fact, right now I'm testing this setup against a Debian 4.0 with > > >Linux > > >2.6.25.9 under MySQL load, and up until now the machine looks good. > > >If I wind up with a fully working, nearly as fast and stable as our > > >linux > > >boxes installation, I'd might be able to convince "the boys at work" > > >to > > >give FreeBSD a try. > > >And in a 600 server setup, I'd be thrilled to do so :-) > > >So lets get started with this serial console issue... which is > > >indeed a > > >pain :( > > > > > >TIA, > > >Marian > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > > >" > > > > -- > > Jo Rhett > > Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source > > and other randomness > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Regards, Ulf. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 > You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html
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