Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:53:09 +0200 From: Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> To: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no serial console for ttyd0 HP Blade Message-ID: <af25ceaf4c07d0bfe09c551818b188cf@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3AC5DAEE-95F1-4211-A819-CC085DD180ED@netconsonance.com> References: <3AC5DAEE-95F1-4211-A819-CC085DD180ED@netconsonance.com>
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Hi there, On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:42:16 -0700, Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> 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' > Well no, it seems the irq assignment for sioX is okay: Jul 1 15:13:57 db46-202 kernel: sio0: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 Jul 1 15:13:57 db46-202 kernel: sio0: port may not be enabled Jul 1 15:13:57 db46-202 kernel: sio0: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 Jul 1 15:13:57 db46-202 kernel: sio0: port may not be enabled Jul 1 15:13:57 db46-202 kernel: sio0: <Standard PC COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 flags 0x10 on acpi0 Jul 1 15:13:57 db46-202 kernel: sio0: type 16550A, console Jul 1 15:13:57 db46-202 kernel: sio0: [FILTER] On the other hand... port may not be enabled doesn't sound good, hm? And in the end it gets irq3 at port 0x2f8 > 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" > Looks reasonable to me. I'll give it a shot. Thank you :) best regards, Marian > 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"
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