Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:39:31 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Przemyslaw Frasunek <przemyslaw@frasunek.com> Subject: Re: Missing serial port after enabling serial console in loader.conf Message-ID: <201104151239.31895.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4DA4A96F.9000507@frasunek.com> References: <4DA4A96F.9000507@frasunek.com>
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On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 3:35:11 pm Przemyslaw Frasunek wrote: > Hello, > > I'm struggling with enabling serial console on Intel SR1630GP server > platform and FreeBSD 7.4. > > In default configuration, my serial ports are detected correctly: > > sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on > acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio0: [FILTER] > sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 > sio1: type 16550A > sio1: [FILTER] > > Both serial ports are usable - sio0 is redirected to BMC and sio1 is a > physical port. I can use getty on both ports. > > If I put following statements in /boot/loader.conf: > > boot_multicons="YES" > boot_serial="YES" > console="comconsole,vidconsole" You should just need the one 'console=' line. I tend to put '-Dh' in /boot.config myself to get the boot2 prompt as well. > I have correct output on serial console from loader and booting kernel, > however after kernel is booted, the port is missing. Dmesg shows, that > only one port is being detected, which formerly was sio1: > > sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 flags 0x10 on > acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A, console > sio0: [FILTER] > > Thus, I'm unable to run getty. > > I belive that this issue might be related to ACPI, as similar problem > was already reported in http://markmail.org/message/chu6ilwhsxtarkfm > > Is there any solution to this problem? Do you have any hints for sio* in /boot/device.hints? -- John Baldwin
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