Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:05:34 +0200 From: Przemyslaw Frasunek <przemyslaw@frasunek.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing serial port after enabling serial console in loader.conf Message-ID: <4DAE153E.1010405@frasunek.com> In-Reply-To: <201104181430.13886.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <4DA4A96F.9000507@frasunek.com> <201104180924.12219.jhb@freebsd.org> <4DAC7373.7030209@frasunek.com> <201104181430.13886.jhb@freebsd.org>
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> The _STA method is used to query a device's status, and a status of 0 means > that the device is disabled. I believe that this means that when you have > SOL enabled (SOLE?) that COM1 is marked inactive so the OS ignores the device. Good catch, thanks! I had a feeling, that it must be caused by firmware. Is there any way to override above checks and make SIO detectable even with enabled SOL? -- * Fido: 2:480/124 ** WWW: http://www.frasunek.com ** NICHDL: PMF9-RIPE * * Jabber ID: venglin@nette.pl ** PGP ID: 2578FCAD ** HAM-RADIO: SQ5JIV *
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