From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 15 16:59:24 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 B517B1065673 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:59:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f214.google.com (mail-bw0-f214.google.com [209.85.218.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BBCE8FC0C for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz6 with SMTP id 6so1443005bwz.13 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=U/CdocbqBJMz4Fa6H2qHVivWzAxPFEtH2L9UL/5wKtE=; b=ZrPNS8WSN8KK1p6AbcgyyhYatOfKMg9kAdSX2aRlWGPPOG49e6tWq0VGxPg2waPLbf jYkHLSIYjJpzXqZ/qleKaLHZHUZxQw7XdTZQaXXXYodOgfQ9P/mKhLIhfZIDaAutNIYn oZtQ9lrzqh7LdsnkuikFMNNXKF8u/butXR0Pw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=B2jtbC2mFOvN50ojifGz0MzHWkk06HYF5gPefKDBuw3FYIg3h91DgrOo8DUQMAd1J8 uFwfOpxSu5spc/laVq036eZQOGA/+luboobuKniQkF8abuwKbn/kaxiieTrFnkMgfX1j nbk7ROkMMkNYZ9DgLKjgoitJ3bZWOEHchXXg4= Received: by 10.102.236.19 with SMTP id j19mr238710muh.110.1271350763004; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.10.2] (54.81.54.77.rev.vodafone.pt [77.54.81.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s10sm9142209mue.27.2010.04.15.09.59.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:20 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: <4BC73C56.4080105@elischer.org> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:59:18 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <7C872B09-2644-42FB-969F-4FFA26FE6417@gmail.com> References: <201004141357.o3EDvuxt067902@lava.sentex.ca> <4bc6905e.9tkYBdShtBRdGu5Q%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <201004151003.o3FA3886074754@lava.sentex.ca> <4BC73C56.4080105@elischer.org> To: Julian Elischer X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:09:34 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com, Mike Tancsa 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 16:59:24 -0000 On 15 Apr 2010, at 17:18, Julian Elischer wrote: > 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? If not, maybe there's some way to do this by changing the hints file. Regards, -- Rui Paulo