Colleagues, what should I do to drift serial console from sio0 to sio4 on puc (alas, com1 is broken on given motherboard, and there is no com2)? Quick googling and looking through the Handbook does not help much. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:16:42PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:> Colleagues, > > what should I do to drift serial console from sio0 to sio4 on puc (alas, com1 > is broken on given motherboard, and there is no com2)? Quick googling and > looking through the Handbook does not help much.look like impossible. handbook. 22.6.5.2 Using Serial Port Other Than sio0 for the Console Edit /etc/make.conf and set BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT to the address of the port you want to use (0x3F8, 0x2F8, 0x3E8 or 0x2E8). Only sio0 through sio3 (COM1 through COM4) can be used; multiport serial cards will not work. No interrupt setting is needed. WBR -- Dmitriy Kirhlarov OILspace, 26 Leninskaya sloboda, bld. 2, 2nd floor, 115280 Moscow, Russia P:+7 495 105 7247 ext.203 F:+7 495 105 7246 E:DmitriyKirhlarov@oilspace.com OILspace - The resource enriched - www.oilspace.com
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Dmitriy Kirhlarov wrote: DK> > what should I do to drift serial console from sio0 to sio4 on puc (alas, com1 DK> > is broken on given motherboard, and there is no com2)? Quick googling and DK> > looking through the Handbook does not help much. DK> DK> look like impossible. DK> DK> handbook. DK> 22.6.5.2 Using Serial Port Other Than sio0 for the Console DK> DK> Edit /etc/make.conf and set BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT to the address of the DK> port you want to use (0x3F8, 0x2F8, 0x3E8 or 0x2E8). Only sio0 through DK> sio3 (COM1 through COM4) can be used; multiport serial cards will not DK> work. No interrupt setting is needed. It seems (looking at kernel config lines) that this is true for RELENG_4 times; I hope something improved over time ;-) Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:16:42PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:> Colleagues, > > what should I do to drift serial console from sio0 to sio4 on puc (alas, com1 > is broken on given motherboard, and there is no com2)? Quick googling and > looking through the Handbook does not help much. > > Thanks in advance.What I've done: * Create or update /boot.config to include a line that reads "-P" (or "-DP"). * Update /boot/device.hints to remove the 0x10 flag from sio.0. (Not sure that's needed, but....) Add that flag to sio.N (sio.4, in your case). * Assuming(!) you want to be able to login to the device, update /etc/ttys to have a getty running on ttydN (ttyd4, in your case). The above is based on my experiences with machines using the Intel SE7520JR2 system board, which provides an RJ45 port on the back for "Serial B". Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Mail filters, like sewers, need to be most restrictive at the point of entry. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.