From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 4 02:37:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA26801 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 02:37:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-40-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA26785 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 02:36:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id MAA00391; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:34:02 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199901041034.MAA00391@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... In-Reply-To: <199901041009.VAA30233@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Jan 4, 99 09:09:19 pm" To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:33:55 +0200 (SAT) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, rvb@cs.cmu.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bruce Evans wrote: > >> 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. Thanks, I wasn't aware that etc/make.conf settings affected the old boot blocks. I'll bring the new stuff into line. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message