From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jul  3 12:21:16 2008
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948451065670
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Thu,  3 Jul 2008 12:21:16 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il)
Received: from cs1.cs.huji.ac.il (cs1.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 469E48FC28
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Thu,  3 Jul 2008 12:21:16 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il)
Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32])
	by cs1.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1KENoI-000Afj-Rq
	for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:21:14 +0300
X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2
To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:21:14 +0300
From: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
Message-ID: <E1KENoI-000Afj-Rq@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il>
Subject: serial console speed
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:21:16 -0000

it seems that there is no way to change the speed/baudrate of the serial
console, for example, by turning it off in /etc/ttys, and running
tip(1) with different speeds has no effect, it always
stays at the kernel configured speed.

is this by design?

danny