Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:43:36 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0sio working for anyone? Message-ID: <200802090943.45821.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20080208185405.GA1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> References: <20080208185405.GA1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net>
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--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--
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