Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:12:29 +0200 From: Alexander Eichner <Alexander.Eichner@Sun.COM> To: Fredrik Lindberg <fli@shapeshifter.se> Cc: vbox-dev@virtualbox.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] Enable DrvHostSerial on FreeBSD Message-ID: <1252527149.6080.4.camel@Prometheus> In-Reply-To: <4AA800DF.2090904@shapeshifter.se> References: <4AA800DF.2090904@shapeshifter.se>
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Hi, already committed before I got your mail. But good to know that nothing special is required to get this working because I couldn't test it here :) Regards, Alexander Eichner Am Mittwoch, den 09.09.2009, 21:24 +0200 schrieb Fredrik Lindberg: > The existing code for the host serial device (DrvHostSerial.cpp) > works on FreeBSD, it's just disabled by ifdefs. > > Attached is a patch to enable it, MIT license or whatever you want. > Compile-tested on FreeBSD 7 and 8, runtime tested on FreeBSD 8. > > I've tested it with a cross-over serial cable (null modem) connected > between two (physical) machines. Used cu and minicom inside guest > to connect to another cu/minicom-instance running on the second > machine. > My testing has been limited to this as I really don't have any other > fancy serial equipment :) > > Notes to people trying this with the ports version, the patch > does not apply cleanly and you'll have to modify > src/VBox/Devices/Makefile.kmk by hand. > > Fredrik
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