Date: 19 Nov 1998 13:20:17 -0600 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: "D. Rock" <rock@cs.uni-sb.de> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader & comconsole Message-ID: <86g1bfh4lq.fsf@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: "D. Rock"'s message of "Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:27:54 %2B0100" References: <199811190902.LAA03790@ceia.nordier.com> <3653F2AA.D3A7CA29@cs.uni-sb.de>
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> Using the BIOS for configuring the serial ports gives you also only > 9600 bps. I usually ran the comconsole at 19200 bps. But the original > BIOS int 0x14 services seem only support up to 9600 bps. I did a > small patch on the bootblocks, so that it uses the "extended communication > port control" service. I don't know if good ole 386 BIOS implement this > routine, but it works on my machine (I think it was introduced with the > PS/2 PCs). It was introduced with the PS/2, but was not implemented on many clones for many years after that. Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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