From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 4 02:09:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA24975 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 02:09:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA24964 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 02:09:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bde@godzilla.zeta.org.au) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA30233; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 21:09:19 +1100 Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 21:09:19 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199901041009.VAA30233@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: rnordier@nordier.com, rvb@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> But there are more loaders today. It looks like >> sys/boot/i386/libi386/comconsole.c >> needs to be handed edited: >> #define COMPORT 0x3f8 >> #define COMSPEED 9600 >> to >> #define COMPORT 0x2f8 >> #define COMSPEED 57600 >> >> I guess that this should be pulled out to the makefile building the >> lib. >> >> The two files above are the only ones that contain "3f8" so I guess >> that nothing else needs to be changed. > >Those should be the only modifications required. > >Otherwise, your comments are reasonable and should be taken into >account during an upcoming revision. Though, of course, you'd be >welcome to simply commit the suggested improvements yourself. The port number and speed should be named BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT and BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED, and should be settable /etc/make.conf[.local]. This is documented in etc/make.conf and biosboot/README.serial. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message