From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 15 16:18:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1633106566B for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:18:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julianelischer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 619EE8FC1B for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:18:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwa36 with SMTP id 36so1024706wwa.13 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:18:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1vE4tO/DU12nDYwxhehhteiDgrqnyQFkZ+YO15g+jNk=; b=UPll18DF0/MqpcHhipnFEFdH/YrJrjOyPaGmK82XFEgiHaCeAP/cTduAIbCEGk/+oE yjJNZBFLMCO3buga6pOrmEKkw84dkYahGTehT2xWMDixgLl163Z87+qW0SlvPz+UCH/J YCv6wWS9mNEzTJwAvYALlHlf5QX+IaMY04deo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jGlqqVL2Ic4MA60cU+nCUd0hGyS88rNnCZbDLduqomXLdw6Jrt7+AnHtX6Gp8L2e7K LHwuryVzjg7CDF7rpjtN/27nn4d+L6BAIRsTtVfF+Qw0606E7eXqQCGaz0PHGVkN0ZoA kSzUB6GxwuetlQnw4p5aEiNluC8wTjU4VFeDA= Received: by 10.216.87.147 with SMTP id y19mr296250wee.136.1271348315727; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:18:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (h-67-100-89-137.snfccasy.static.covad.net [67.100.89.137]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x14sm12898733wbs.12.2010.04.15.09.18.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:18:33 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <4BC73C56.4080105@elischer.org> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:18:30 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Tancsa References: <201004141357.o3EDvuxt067902@lava.sentex.ca> <4bc6905e.9tkYBdShtBRdGu5Q%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <201004151003.o3FA3886074754@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <201004151003.o3FA3886074754@lava.sentex.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com Subject: Re: disabling all serial input / output at boot time X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:18:38 -0000 On 4/15/10 3:03 AM, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 12:04 AM 4/15/2010, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> Mike Tancsa wrote: >> >> > I have an embedded device (Alix box) that is running RELENG_8 off >> > a CF that is designed to monitor / control a serial sensor device. >> > The sensor is quite chatty and is always outputing data at 115200. >> > The problem is that this will interrupt the boot process. >> >> > I even tried to "fake" it out, but trying to make com2, the console >> > in /boot/device.hints ... >> > >> > Is there any way to completely disable serial interaction and >> > to truly make the bootup process quiet and non interactive ? >> >> More of a workaround than a fix, but does it work any better >> if you connect the device to com2 instead of com1? > > > Unfortunately there is only one serial port on the board we are using. yes but can the bios map it to be com2? > > > ---Mike > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net > Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"