Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:25:28 -0500 From: "Drew Derbyshire" <ahd@kew.com> To: "Bruce Evans" <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Re: i386/2984: serial console speed goes to hell during boot Message-ID: <332951ca.kew-pandora@sonata.uucp.kew.com>
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:53:03 +1100, "Bruce Evans" <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote:
> > 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.
Nope, nothing does. rc.serial is in it's original state, with nothing
enabled (no functions actually invoked).
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