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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:38:04 -0600
From:      Tillman <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        FreeBSD-Sparc64 <sparc64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Serial boot console and kernel options (sio vs sab)
Message-ID:  <20030818213804.J29079@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030818122911.A29079@seekingfire.com>; from tillman@seekingfire.com on Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:29:11PM -0600
References:  <20030818122911.A29079@seekingfire.com>

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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:29:11PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
> I currently have a getty listening on COM1 to allow me to login to my
> Ultra 5 over a null modem cable. I'd like to expand this so that I can
> also access the boot process over the serial line (in addition to on the
> normal keyboard/monitor).
> 
> Following the relevant chapter in the handbook (section 17.6), I find
> that they talk about the sio serial driver. I used the sab serial driver
> ... and it doesn't seem to have a man page. Are the same kernel options
> applicable to sab? For example, can I do something like this in my
> kernel config file:
<snip>

Nevermind, Sparc-newbie mistake on my part. For the archives, folks
interested in this should look at "setenv output-device" and "setenv
input-device" in the Sparc forth BIOS. Or just pull the keyboard.

Sigh. My apologies :-)

-T


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