Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:01:08 -0500 From: "Rong-En Fan" <grafan@gmail.com> To: "Ruslan Ermilov" <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6: serial console drops back from 115200 to 9600 baud Message-ID: <6eb82e0602270901n703ac969g5c4af69f1563317@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060227083820.GK42677@ip.net.ua> References: <200602260156.aa34941@nowhere.iedowse.com> <440200F2.9010106@andric.com> <20060227083820.GK42677@ip.net.ua>
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On 2/27/06, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:26:42PM +0100, Dimitry Andric wrote: > > Ian Dowse wrote: > > >> Okay, but why did 4.x through 5.x through 6.x (these have all been o= n > > >> this particular machine) always boot with 115200 until now? :) > > > > > They probably used 9600 for the boot blocks, and then switched to > > > 115200 when /boot/loader started, so you didn't notice. Now the > > > settings from the boot blocks get used by /boot/loader. > > > > Ah, but this still means that /boot/loader used to use a hardcoded > > default specified in /etc/make.conf, and now it doesn't honor that anym= ore. > > > Have you checked with documentation? > > : comconsole_speed > : Defines the speed of the serial console (i386 and amd64 only)= . > : If the previous boot stage indicated that a serial console is > : in use then this variable is initialized to the current speed > : of the console serial port. Otherwise it is set to 9600 unle= ss > : this was overridden using the BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED variable > : when loader was compiled. Changes to the comconsole_speed > : variable take effect immediately. Which way is preferred: setting comconsole_speed, -S in boot.config, or using harded code BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED in make.conf? If now the most preferred way is to using -S or comconsole_speed in loader.conf, please update that in Handbook 22.6.5.1 Setting a Faster Serial Port Speed. Thanks, Rong-En Fan
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