From owner-freebsd-small Sat May 23 14:55:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA06837 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Sat, 23 May 1998 14:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.whistle.com (gatekeeper.whistle.com [207.76.204.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA06785 for ; Sat, 23 May 1998 14:55:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.whistle.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id OAA11208 for ; Sat, 23 May 1998 14:25:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpo.whistle.com(alpo 207.76.204.38) by gatekeeper via smap (V2.0) id xmaa11204; Sat, 23 May 98 14:25:15 -0700 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA15508; Sat, 23 May 1998 14:09:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd015503; Sat May 23 21:09:38 1998 Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 14:09:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Marc Nicholas cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS bootstrap? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG That's what we do on the Interjet. We altered our BIOS to use com2 as it's POST output. That way it goes to the LCD. Does anyone know if there is a FreeBIOS project anywhere? On Sat, 23 May 1998, Marc Nicholas wrote: > On Sat, 23 May 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > This is a tiny bit off-topic for the list, but I thought I'd throw it out > > > there... > > > > > > My embedded system supports BIOS extension and includes it's own local > > > Flash memory to do so. Basically what I'd like to do is build some sort of > > > (EE)ROM bootstrap to load my custom FreeBSD operating system. HOWEVER... > > > > > > All input/output must be done via COM1. I've never done much low level PC > > > programming...has anyone attempted something like this? In an ideal world, > > > I'd also be looking to front-end the BIOS setup screen over COM1. > > > > > > And, no, I can't just get a BIOS kit and re-write the BIOS :-p > > > > The FreeBSD bootstrap already supports serial console I/O, and FreeBSD > > has always supported serial consoles. You can tweak the bootblock > > build to always use com1 for I/O, and then set the appropriate flags in > > the kernel to use com1 as the serial console. > > Sorry, I guess I wasn't very clear... > > I'm talking about system bootstrap stuff *before* the FreeBSD > bootstrap...i.e. showing some sort of POST output, allowing the user to > possibly tweak some BIOS settings, etc. all over a console. > > > -marc > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Hippocampus OSD, Inc. "Industrial Strength Internet Solutions" > vox://416.979.9000 fax://416.979.8223 http://www.hippocampus.net > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message