Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 07:53:44 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Michael Dexter <dexter@ambidexter.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Serial Console? Message-ID: <428D0AE8.8040308@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <a06210235beb28238b0b8@[192.168.1.101]> References: <a06210235beb28238b0b8@[192.168.1.101]>
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Hi Michael, > This is more of a FreeBSD general question but is applies to Mac PPC > more than the average platform: > > Are there any FreeBSD USB Serial Console projects out there akin to that > in Linux? I don't know of one, but there's no reason why it couldn't be the console after it is probed - the USB keyboard already works in polled mode for console input. The issue is getting console i/o *before* the USB serial port is probed i.e. at the loader prompt and booting into the debugger, OFW doesn't support this though if you are a uber-hacker it may be possible to write Forth code to do this. In a similar vein, Firewire *can* be used as a console after it's probed, but there is the same issue with it not being supported by OFW. later, Peter.
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