From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 10:09:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81AF3106564A for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:09:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029F18FC15 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:09:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m8CA9m79064085 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:09:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (cicely7.cicely.de [10.1.1.9]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8CA9jVj047056 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:09:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8CA9j1l087845; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:09:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m8CA9i6a087844; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:09:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:09:44 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20080912100944.GF1147@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <75BD7074-F561-42D5-A537-FFF44B612BFB@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <75BD7074-F561-42D5-A537-FFF44B612BFB@mac.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely7.cicely.de 7.0-STABLE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.068, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on spamd.cicely.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Garance A Drosihn Subject: Re: serial console on 8.x (probably sio vs uart) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:09:52 -0000 On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 08:39:29PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Sep 11, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > >After I boot up, the only /dev/tty* devices I have are ttyv0 > >through ttyvf. I've installed the new /etc/ttys and a new > >/boot/device.hints, though frankly device.hints has always > >been a magic-box to me, so I just blindly copied what was in > >GENERIC.hints and changed hint.uart.0.flags to be "0x30". > > uart(4) does tell you when it's the console: > > uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 > uart0: [FILTER] > uart0: console (115200,n,8,1) > > The first question is: do you see a line like the one above? > If not (most likely), try to boot explicitly with a serial > console (i.e. set boot_serial=yes at the loader prompt or > boot with -h). If I got him right then he has not /dev/ttyu* at all. Sounds more like he is missing something in his kernel config. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.