From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 6 21:44:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9DA816A422 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 21:44:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AAE743D7C for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 21:44:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k26LhvPp052092; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:43:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k26Lhu8g048032 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:43:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20060306163715.078b1f38@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:43:36 -0500 To: Ian Dowse From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <200603062119.aa44127@nowhere.iedowse.com> References: <200603062119.aa44127@nowhere.iedowse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6: serial console drops back from 115200 to 9600 baud X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:44:22 -0000 At 04:19 PM 06/03/2006, Ian Dowse wrote: >Presumably the boot loader (boot1/2) drops you at the prompt because >it is old and does not understand the "-S115200". Once you update >the boot blocks with disklabel, that /boot.config should work. I think I am almost there, but in my case, I get some strange char duplication after seeing the F1 prompt. The BIOS has console redirection, so I can see it throughout the bootup process. F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 //bboooott..ccoo- ffiigg:: --DDhh// BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Consoles:ointernal video/keyboardalserialiportoo//kkeeyybbooaarrdd sseerriiaaBIOSpdrivetA: is disk0 BIOSOdrivedC:risvdisk1AA:: iiss ddiisskk00 BIOSO638kB/504704kBeavailableimemoryiisskk11 BBIIOOSS 663388kkBB//550044770044kkBB aavvaaiillaabbllee mmeemmoorryy FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (mdtancsa@ps9996.station.pioneer.ca,tSataMar 4l04:44:56rEST 2006)vviissiioonn LLoadingi/boot/defaults/loader.confauullttss//llooaaddeerr..ccoonnff a,, SSaat//boot/kernel/kerneletext=0x2e7378ddata=0x37d14+0x2ecf8ssyms=[0x4+0x3f8f0+0x4+0x513d4]dd44\\ \\\ If for some reason, boot.config is bogus, I can actually type in /boot/loader and it will load, just what I type is duplicated. I have # cat /boot/loader.conf #debug.acpi.disabled="sysresource" beastie_disable="YES" # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off comconsole_speed="19200" and # cat /boot.config -Dh -S19200 After hitting enter as I normally do, the rest of the boot process is normal looking and works fine /boot/kernel/acpi.koetext=0x42e34ddata=0x2280+0x10f0ssyms=[0x4+0x7ad0+0x4+0xa709]//a77009 Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #0: Sat Mar 4 07:20:49 EST 2006 mdtancsa@ps9996.station.pioneer.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/gas Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: VIA C3 Nehemiah+RNG+ACE (796.77-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x698 Stepping = 8 Features=0x381b03f real memory = 517865472 (493 MB) avail memory = 497393664 (474 MB) ---Mike