Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:39:49 -0500 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6: serial console drops back from 115200 to 9600 baud Message-ID: <EB13007C-3275-4160-8134-2D2D5391CCA9@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <20060227181950.GB63750@sandvine.com> References: <4400D235.9030807@andric.com> <20060225225621.GA42888@sandvine.com> <4400E70F.2020902@andric.com> <20060226005712.GA48900@sandvine.com> <44010644.4000504@andric.com> <20060226021457.GB55658@sandvine.com> <4316577A-FF97-4929-B911-85A0009ADCC2@khera.org> <20060227181950.GB63750@sandvine.com>
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On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Ed Maste wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:07:35AM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > >> I get a 9600 baud console with the following after upgrade from 5.4: > > This is what I'm planning on putting in UPDATING: > > The i386 loader(8) now defaults to the serial speed set by the > previous boot stage, if the comconsole is already in use. If > you've changed BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED in make.conf(5) and > installed a new loader, but have not rebuilt and > reinstalled the > boot blocks, then your loader will leave the console at 9600 > baud. You may either set comconsole_speed in loader.conf > (5), or > reinstall new boot blocks as described in boot(8). > > -ed ... or set -S option in boot.config. From other discussion, the -S option seems to be the most straightforward method. The boot block update is described in boot0cfg(8) not boot(8), and must be done post-installworld, just to be 100% clear. Thanks for adding it to UPDATING.
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