From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Mar 14 06:06:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA19806 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 06:06:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from fantasy-factory.net.kew.com (uucp@fantasy-factory.net.kew.com [204.96.41.103]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA19795 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 06:06:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from kew-pandora.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by fantasy-factory.net.kew.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id JAA03388; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:06:16 -0500 (EST) Received: by sonata.uucp.kew.com (UUPC/extended 1.12s); Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:25:30 -0500 Message-ID: <332951ca.kew-pandora@sonata.uucp.kew.com> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:25:28 -0500 From: "Drew Derbyshire" Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks (PO Box 80144, Stoneham MA 02180) To: "Bruce Evans" Subject: Re: i386/2984: serial console speed goes to hell during boot Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:53:03 +1100, "Bruce Evans" 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). -- Internet: ahd@kew.com Voice: 617-279-9810 "In 1985, blind faith in your leaders, or blind faith in anything, will get you killed." - Bruce Springsteen