From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 23:14:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2C9E16A421; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 23:14:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6084E13C468; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 23:14:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (ppp121-45-24-93.lns10.adl2.internode.on.net [121.45.24.93]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m18NEg9J002596 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:44:43 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:43:36 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <20080208185405.GA1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> In-Reply-To: <20080208185405.GA1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1361955.8Fq3uESWdG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200802090943.45821.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -2.212 () BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0sio working for anyone? 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: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:14:46 -0000 --nextPart1361955.8Fq3uESWdG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > So, is boot0sio supposed to just work with a cheap USB->RS232 dongle > at the other end? I don't know how this paragraph from boot0cfg(8) is > affecting me. > > > -b boot0 > Specify which `boot0' image to use. The default is > /boot/boot0 which will use the video card as output, alternatively > /boot/boot0sio can be used for output to the COM1 port. (Be aware > that nothing will be output to the COM1 port unless the modem signals > DSR and CTS are active.) If by "other end" you mean the PC that ISN'T using boot0sio then I think=20 it would work fine. Even a really shitty RS232 dongle would get DSR & CTS right otherwise=20 stuff like modems wouldn't work with it either.. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1361955.8Fq3uESWdG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHrOIp5ZPcIHs/zowRAsFDAKCp7ONTfurYZMZoD0J1si9/hR2W6wCfatef akJZ191nrWWQjt0IGGEFYfU= =HVK7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1361955.8Fq3uESWdG--