Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:54:46 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console options Message-ID: <49B01FF6.3070306@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20090305180018.GF4315@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20090305155721.GA70584@cons.org> <A0E42D0E-43D2-4D34-B763-F9A21A5D0837@mac.com> <20090305175245.GA76821@cons.org> <20090305180018.GF4315@albert.catwhisker.org>
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David Wolfskill wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:52:45PM -0500, Martin Cracauer wrote: >> ... >> Using the serial port for the mainboard's BIOS might or might not >> disable it's use for console or debugging, that was my question. > > In my experience to date, it does not (disable); rather, the same serial > port may be used for access to the BIOS, as well as for logging in (via > /etc/ttys). I haven't tried kgdb over serial, but I have no reason to > believe that the BIOS use of the port will affect that, either. yes you can also usee it for the remote gdb stub as well however it's easier to do a lot of things if you DO have a separate port for the gdb stub. (or use firewire which is *amazing* for the gdb stub part). > > Peace, > david
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