Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 09:14:08 -0700 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> Subject: Re: zfsloader: messy output on Dell iDrac serial console Message-ID: <20180407161408.GA88547@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <76d1549c-c721-ffcb-c27e-48e4d06c9c63@freebsd.org> References: <76d1549c-c721-ffcb-c27e-48e4d06c9c63@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 12:21:47PM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > running on *some* Dell servers the serial console looks messed up at > the time of the FreeBSD menu. > it looks like it's dropping (or adding? but that's less likely) > characters. > > ??|?? 5. [K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2)???????????????????? |?? .- .?????????????????????????????????????? -. > ??|?? 6. Configure Boot [O]ptions...???????????????? |2?? --| y/???????????? -.???????????? Scrambled console output has shown up on a Pi3 under what might be called overload conditions, things like make -j8 buildworld and running of stress2's default test suite. It doesn't seem to be a serial issue in that case. Hard to believe you're seeing something related, but my $.02 anyway. bob prohaska
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