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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: i386/2984: serial console speed goes to hell during boot
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The following reply was made to PR i386/2984; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: ahd@kew.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:  Subject: Re: i386/2984: serial console speed goes to hell during boot
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:53:03 +1100

 >	When booting the 2.2 GAMMA release using a serial console
 >	the output (to an IBM PS/1 previously successfully used
 >	for a serial console for 2.1.5-RELEASE for another 386),
 >	output is normal 9600 bps output until about the time the
 >	NPU is detected.  Then, output slows to a crawl (~ 1
 >	character/second) until shutdown ... the last two lines
 >	before reboot are printed at a normal speed (again), implying
 >	the hardware is (still) fine.
 
 Check that nothing in /etc/rc.serial touches the console port.
 
 Bruce