Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:17:12 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Rong-En Fan <grafan@gmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6: serial console drops back from 115200 to 9600 baud Message-ID: <20060227171712.GA42677@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <6eb82e0602270901n703ac969g5c4af69f1563317@mail.gmail.com> References: <200602260156.aa34941@nowhere.iedowse.com> <440200F2.9010106@andric.com> <20060227083820.GK42677@ip.net.ua> <6eb82e0602270901n703ac969g5c4af69f1563317@mail.gmail.com>
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--XeHo0rFSNt4mQX/E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:01:08PM -0500, Rong-En Fan wrote: > 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= on > > > >> 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 an= ymore. > > > > > Have you checked with documentation? > > > > : comconsole_speed > > : Defines the speed of the serial console (i386 and amd64 onl= y). > > : If the previous boot stage indicated that a serial console = is > > : in use then this variable is initialized to the current spe= ed > > : of the console serial port. Otherwise it is set to 9600 un= less > > : this was overridden using the BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED variable > > : when loader was compiled. Changes to the comconsole_speed > > : variable take effect immediately. >=20 > Which way is preferred: setting comconsole_speed, -S in > boot.config, or using harded code BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED in make.conf? >=20 -S is the most convenient, as it will cause the serial port's speed to be consistent throughout all stages, boot2, loader, and kernel. > 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. >=20 Someone with doc/-fu should pick it up I think. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --XeHo0rFSNt4mQX/E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEAzQXqRfpzJluFF4RAt/nAJkB5Gdk7HCHKtXIgz0FVbrpeQhXFwCgiwpr jv1HIqY2Qz8wd+zrNxAB0jU= =Vr52 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XeHo0rFSNt4mQX/E--
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