From nobody Thu May 21 23:50:48 2026 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gM4tD1Cjvz6fJBb for ; Thu, 21 May 2026 23:51:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Received: from mail.polarian.dev (mail.polarian.dev [IPv6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gM4tB5dtMz3w3N for ; Thu, 21 May 2026 23:50:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=polarian.dev header.s=polarian header.b=GuhQivnK; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=polarian.dev; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of polarian@polarian.dev designates 2001:8b0:57a:2385::8 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=polarian@polarian.dev DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/relaxed; d=polarian.dev; s=polarian; t=1779407450; bh=0C3IenNYVNAO1ictF1NgQjl3SFT0Ph/E/PQ576XoRbs=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=GuhQivnKrFG7219GdG4JyGy83bhyOHGFb2P4YDIzQ1LIfy9MvGucpnWdsBpuPAP9Y QnvofsyM5soY/Lx62EpYYrwD6QV5YHD+kIXK9d4C0sHby71zw04g7NWMxVhSrk/wXq IfaGFj+N6hgX3riwiOdwlcl5uH95tpSd8tF8xsTc= Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 00:50:48 +0100 From: Polarian To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal server with consumer hardware Message-ID: <20260522005048.3033f732@Hydrogen> In-Reply-To: <336e1325-ba66-4804-8c39-c7e7530adcce@nomadlogic.org> References: <20260521233422.001d364f@Hydrogen> <336e1325-ba66-4804-8c39-c7e7530adcce@nomadlogic.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.4.0 (GTK 3.24.52; amd64-portbld-freebsd15.0) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.49 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.991]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[polarian.dev,reject]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[polarian.dev:s=polarian]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:2001:8b0::/34, country:GB]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[polarian.dev:+] X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gM4tB5dtMz3w3N Hey, > and most if not all server class motherboards support it. Yeah if it was a server motherboard it would be p*ss easy. Unfortunately as mentioned in the title "consumer hardware" not "server hardware" and also within the body of my initial email I highlight there is no hardware (firmware) support for it. I originally though this is not possible, but when reviewing loader.efi(8) it says it is. So theres really two questions here: 1. Are TTL USB drivers available within loader stage 2. How do I set the console_device to the correct device as all the hex codes within the man page assume /dev/uartx not /dev/ttyUx. Thanks, -- Polarian Jabber/XMPP: polarian@icebound.dev