Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 20:14:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: (Joerg Wunsch) <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>, (FreeBSD hackers) <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: consoles and boot blocks Message-ID: <XFMail.961014201741.durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <199610140756.JAA04798@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On 13:56:37 J Wunsch opined: >>As Jim Durham wrote: >> Does the console have to be on sio0 ? How does one >> specify which com port if not ? > >The location, the speed, and the line behaviour (local line, modem >signals not obeyed) is hardcoded in the bootblocks and in the kernel >(sio.c, if i'm not mistaken). So yes, unless you wanna patch all >this, it's hardcoded to sio0 and 9600 Bd. This brings up a related topic.. Did we arrive at a final determination as to how to run a non-VGA monitor on the virtual terminals? This topic really got a lot of conversation going about a month ago and then just died out...I believe without any real resolution. -Jim Durham
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