From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 12:32:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5742716A4D1 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 12:32:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pm6500.larkowski.net (pcp08840530pcs.nanarb01.mi.comcast.net [68.43.196.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE47343D5C for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 12:32:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peter@larkowski.net) Received: from pm6500.larkowski.net (IDENT:peter@pcp08840530pcs.nanarb01.mi.comcast.net [68.43.196.39]) j4BCWt7a015474; Wed, 11 May 2005 08:32:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (peter@localhost)j4BCWs4b029607; Wed, 11 May 2005 08:32:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: pm6500.larkowski.net: peter owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 08:32:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Larkowski To: "Gallagher, James" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: serial console on ultra axe X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:32:57 -0000 >> I upgraded from 5.3 to 5.4 (stable cvsup) yesterday. I built >> a GENERIC >> kernel with the audiocs driver added. I read UPDATING and >> took note of >> the change to uart, updating /etc/ttys accordingly. >> Unfortunately I get >> nothing on the serial console after: >> >> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command >> prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... nothing to autoload >> yet. jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0048000. >> >> It should be noted that I've never been able to use the >> default /etc/ttys. >> I've always had to start a getty on /dev/console, which doesn't work >> anymore either. In any case I'm not even getting kernel >> messages. Any >> ideas? The machine boots normally. as soon as the disk stops >> thrashing, I can ssh right in. > > Probably related to this issue here > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-May/014509.html ? It > was reported while I was in the middle of a cvsup (on x86) over the weekend. > I got away fine, didn't seem to have any noticeable problems (apart from an > annoying BIOS default I'd never noticed before). > Well, it looks like that was related to keyboard input, and this is console messages and everything. Plus that seems to have been resolved by Sunday, and I cvsuped yesterday morning (2005-05-10 ~08:00 EDT). Thanks for the heads up though. -p