From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 05:47:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6139916A40F; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:47:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA61543C9F; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:47:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4FD118B407; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:47:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 60896-03; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:47:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-137-79-174.eastlink.ca [24.137.79.174]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078F3118B3DB; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:47:47 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CD347F2D; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:47:49 -0400 (AST) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:47:48 -0400 From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Message-ID: <71C8475B9D8C50955446687E@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <91B1464925DC6107B92D5DA0@ganymede.hub.org> References: <91B1464925DC6107B92D5DA0@ganymede.hub.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console configured ... break to DDB still doesn't work .. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:47:50 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Got it! ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER let's me do it ... Thanks for your patience ... this has to have been one of the most painful serial console configurations I've yet to have to do :( - --On Sunday, December 17, 2006 01:34:09 -0400 "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > so, I'm still missing a step here somewhere ... > > First, this is an HP Proliant Server ... I've tried using ssh and telnet to > connect to iLO, and used 'vsp' for the virtual serial port ... > > Here's what I have so far ... > > kernel is built so that it uses COM2 (0x2F8) as comconsole, and I have the > following in my /boot/loader.conf: > > hint.sio.0.flags="0x30" > hint.sio.0.port="0x2F8" > hint.sio.0.irq="3" > console="comconsole vidconsole" > comconsole_speed="115200" > boot_multicons="yes" > > Now, I had missed a step from the handbook, and that was to configure my boot > blocks for the change in com port ... or, rather, I added the settings to > /etc/make.conf, 'cd /sys/boot; ...' and installed them, just forgot to do the > bsdlabel ... type'd reboot, slap'd my forehead for not remembering, but, > everything came up as expected ... so, does the hint.sio stuff above override > the requirement to set things in /etc/make.conf and do bsdlabel? The > handbook instructions seem to be from pre-6.x days as it is, as it still > talks about configuring sio via the kernle config ... > > So, I reboot, on my VSP, I get all of the normal device probe stuff that one > would expect, and, thanks to my getty on port ttyd0,I get a login prompt ... > all great. > > Now, through telnet to ilo, I do: > > ^]send break > > nadda, doesn't drop me to the debugger ... so, I suspect that ilo is trapping > the break and not passing it to the backend / DDB? > > Now, funny thing ... I did do a reset of iLO, which proceeded to drop the > system into DDB ... so, somehow, I have to get iLO to send that break ... ? > > I'm double checking with ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER set, to see if I can get > *that* to work ... but, if anyone has any thoughts on this, please, I'm all > ears ... I'm sooooooo close ... > > > > > > - ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org > Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFFhNbR4QvfyHIvDvMRAixhAJ9e9cCiPwiNKNmG0NMXiu/n4LICYACgjo1u > kxN3oWOD+d4W1cKpAKleexo= > =E40d > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFhNoE4QvfyHIvDvMRAk+vAJ93DsvXwmN6g0Jtu5tcTdngeKCdQgCgmnMR UFiTl313myHqRLPHfNaP42E= =zUOe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----