Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:08:57 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Paul Schenkeveld <freebsd@psconsult.nl> Subject: Re: IPMI console [Re: Chicken and egg, encrypted root FS on remote server] Message-ID: <4DAC976A-FAC4-4B8A-A1A7-DB58387D8D53@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <EC509004881E4F2B9D3E48BA12378952@multiplay.co.uk> References: <20130220065810.GA25027@psconsult.nl> <C69A03DB-D861-4400-96B4-2DF5925CB4FC@DataIX.net> <20130220074655.GA59952@psconsult.nl> <BB9AA8EB-442E-4041-9CF2-92B16B8C9D2D@my.gd> <20130220111339.GA65661@psconsult.nl> <8C2980B2-3B2C-4081-9287-39EFB47ABC3D@gsoft.com.au> <20130220203148.GA1803@psconsult.nl> <1BC5F51A18464B83BA79890CC349128C@multiplay.co.uk> <AAB178E5-9D35-42D4-85A2-F525DA4D46F2@gsoft.com.au> <EC509004881E4F2B9D3E48BA12378952@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 21/02/2013, at 19:33, "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> =
wrote:
>> I had a quick look at the code and AFAIK it doesn't do anything (on =
9.1 anyway).
>> Actually at a guess I would say it's a hangover from sio(4) where =
0x20 forced the
>> device in question to be the console.
>=20
> According to the handbook, where I got the settings from, 0x20:
> "Forces this unit to be the console (unless there is another higher =
priority console),
> regardless of the -h option discussed below. The flag 0x20 must be =
used together with
> the 0x10 flag."
Yes but that is about sio, not uart. sio(4) has..
0x00010 device is potential system console
0x00020 device is forced to become system console
but uart(4) just has..
0x00010 device is potential system console
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