Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:55:40 -0700 From: Manfred Antar <null@pozo.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: sio(4) -> uart(4) Message-ID: <200807132155.m6DLtjog001741@pozo.com> In-Reply-To: <20080713192826.GA14567@hoeg.nl> References: <20080713192826.GA14567@hoeg.nl>
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At 12:28 PM 7/13/2008, Ed Schouten wrote: >*** PGP SIGNATURE VERIFICATION *** >*** Status: Good Signature from Invalid Key >*** Alert: Please verify signer's key before trusting signature. >*** Signer: Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl> (0x0D9E0B05) >*** Signed: 7/13/2008 12:28:25 PM >*** Verified: 7/13/2008 12:39:57 PM >*** BEGIN PGP VERIFIED MESSAGE *** > >Hello folks, > >This morning I sent the following message to this list. Unfortunately, I >didn't put a big `HEADS UP' in the subject, so I'm resending this to >make sure nobody misses: > >----- Forwarded message from Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> ----- >> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:22:54 +0200 >> From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> >> To: FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Arch <arch@FreeBSD.org> >> Cc: Philip Paeps <philip@FreeBSD.org>, >> Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org> >> Subject: Re: MPSAFE TTY schedule >> >> Hello all, >> >> * Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote: >> > July 13 2008: >> > Make uart(4) the default serial port driver, instead of sio(4). >> > sio(4) has not been ported to the new TTY layer and is very hard >> > to do so. uart(4) has been proven to be more portable than >> > sio(4) and already supports the hardware we need. >> >> Just a small message to inform that I've just changed the default serial >> port driver on amd64 and i386 to uart(4) (see SVN commit 180487). I've >> decided to leave pc98 as it is now, because I'd rather let the >> respective maintainers look into this. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> >> WWW: http://80386.nl/ >----- End forwarded message ----- > >The commit in question: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2008-July/092923.html > >As you can see, I've changed the hints in /boot/device.hints to refer to >uart(4) instead of sio(4). This means you may want to change sio to uart >in your kernel configuration file. This is what I've added to >/usr/src/UPDATING: > >| The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64 >| kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the >| default serial port driver on those platforms as well. >| >| To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver >| uses different names for its device nodes. This means the >| onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0" >| instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to >| use the new device names. > >Even though I've got much confidence uart(4) works like it's supposed to >do: if any problems arise, feel free to send us (Marcel and I) a >message. Thanks! Machine is i386 pentium 4 I'm using a terminal off of com port 1 I changed the ttyd0 to ttyu0 in /etc/ttys rebuilt /sys/boot and kernel. But now I have no comconsole When the machine boots I get : the loader message, but no more I also use the console for the kernel debugger Don't even get a login prompt on it Any Ideas Thanks Manfred ================================== || null@pozo.com || || Ph. (415) 681-6235 || ==================================
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