Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 13:20:02 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console busted? Message-ID: <199707190350.NAA12480@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199707181715.KAA04270@austin.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Jul 18, 97 10:15:13 am"
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John Polstra stands accused of saying: > In article <199707180445.OAA04279@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, > Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> wrote: > > > > I boot with '-h', and I see : > > > > Booting 0:wd(0,a)kernel.b @ 0x100000 > > text=0xcb000 data=0x10000 bss=0x1036c symbols=[+0xc94+0x4+0x10194+0x4+0x15c9c] > > Can't find file kernel.b.config > > total=0x211e38 entry point=0x100000 > > > > ... and then I get console output on the (*^&%*(& CRT. > > In your kernel config file, you have to add "flags 0x10" for the sio > device that you want to serve as the console. This is fairly new. In addition to specifying '-h'? This is stupid. I presume the flag is to set the default console device, but if there's no default device it should revert to the previous behaviour. Bruce must be slipping. If this is the case and there are no complaints, I will fix this later today. > John -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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