Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:56:58 +0200 From: Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no serial console for ttyd0 HP Blade Message-ID: <08575f4ae13d3599f2aa3e23865ade67@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20080702072741.GA45396@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <20080702072741.GA45396@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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Hi Jeremy, On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:27:41 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 12:16:41AM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: >> I'll bet you that sio is deciding that com1 or not, it's sio1 (not sio0) >> which can be fixed with the changes I mention below. >> >> On Jul 1, 2008, at 11:38 PM, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: >>> I take that back, on blades the virtual serial is on COM1. > > I agree with Joe. Chances are it may be "COM1" in the BIOS, but it may > be actually wired to the equivalent of COM2. Or, the blade manufacturer > set the ACPI table to point 0x3f8/4 to COM2 and 0x2f8/3 to COM1. > Ack. > I've seen this on one Supermicro board (front panel COM port is COM2, > rear is COM1; but no mention of what's what in the manual. You actually > have to experiment to find out.) > I'll do so. However, I do wonder why the serial console works in boot loader and kernel bootup stage? Any explanation? :) regards, Marian
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