Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:09:32 -0800 From: Kedar <kedar@asacomputers.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Serial I/O. Message-ID: <2.2.32.19980127200932.0209f0b8@gw1>
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Hello,
I am trying to locate a motherboard that is capable of the
following. Would you know of any? Any pointers?
Know of any workarounds, please?
> ****************************************************************
> 1) No video card required.
>
> 2) The BIOS wakes up on the serial port and uses it for all
> communications.
>
> 3) The BIOS serial communications should require no fancy communications
> protocols, ie. we should be able to use a dumb terminal.
>
> 4) All (or at least the basic) BIOS setup functions should be available.
>
> 5) Sending a BREAK (or perhaps a special character/escape sequence) should
> provide the same function as Ctrl-Alt-Del normally does (before, during,
> and after boot, if possible).
>
> 6) Access to the Unix boot loader through the serial port should also be
> available after the BIOS loads it. This is needed to provide options to
> the kernel (eg. single user mode, device configuration mode, etc.)
> ******************************************************************
TIA,
Kedar.
Season's Greetings,
Kedar Rajadnya
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