From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 26 03:32:59 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 5BA5B1065678 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:32:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 225A78FC27 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:32:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6Q3Wvc1003159; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:32:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m6Q3WuQh022782 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:32:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200807260332.m6Q3WuQh022782@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:33:00 -0400 To: Marcel Moolenaar From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: References: <200806061259.m56CxhdR045603@lava.sentex.ca> <018816ED-8FF3-4834-AD17-59637C87D30D@mac.com> <200807252129.m6PLTwhs021540@lava.sentex.ca> <2F58935E-6439-45A1-9CB3-894FC577ECF2@mac.com> <200807260213.m6Q2D22u022503@lava.sentex.ca> <7A311400-66E1-43F0-8B5F-22658D5276A0@mac.com> <200807260235.m6Q2ZwcS022585@lava.sentex.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PUC rewrite X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:32:59 -0000 At 11:17 PM 7/25/2008, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >Ok, I was a bit too imprecise. While the number >doesn't matter, it has to be 0, 1, 2 or 3 for >the flags to take effect for the console. >So, change 4 to 3 and it should work. Thanks! Yes, that works now >Alternatively, remove the flags hint for uart.4 >and instead set the following in /boot/loader.conf: > > hw.uart.console="io:0x3f8" Yes, this works as well. Perhaps it would be good to add this to the man page ? Thanks for the help in getting it working! ---Mike >This is the new and improved way of setting up >a serial console. Besides the io tag it allows >setting baudrate and much more. But for you, >this should be enough. > >HTH, > >-- >Marcel Moolenaar >xcllnt@mac.com > >