From owner-cvs-sys Wed Jun 4 02:56:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA12103 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 02:56:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA12096; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 02:56:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA13690; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 10:57:04 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 10:57:03 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson Reply-To: Doug Rabson To: Paul Traina cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa sio.c sioreg.h In-Reply-To: <199706040452.VAA06972@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-sys@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Paul Traina wrote: > pst 1997/06/03 21:52:41 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/i386/isa sio.c sioreg.h > Log: > If the boot blocks were using the serial port, read the system console > speed using the boot blocks, instead of a hardcoded value stuck in the > kernel. This way, you can have systems using the same kernel but different > console speeds. > > Add a sysctl entry for changing the system console speed. > Lock the user tty speed to match the system console speed. > > Nuke CONSPEED. What about when you are using the port for serial gdb and didn't boot from it? What speed will it be set to then? I often use serial gdb way before I can think about setting the speed with sysctl and debugging over 9600 is pointlessly painful. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039