Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:52:45 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console options Message-ID: <20090305175245.GA76821@cons.org> In-Reply-To: <A0E42D0E-43D2-4D34-B763-F9A21A5D0837@mac.com> References: <20090305155721.GA70584@cons.org> <A0E42D0E-43D2-4D34-B763-F9A21A5D0837@mac.com>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote on Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 08:39:45AM -0800: > > On Mar 5, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Martin Cracauer wrote: > > >I finally have enough FreeBSD hardware piled up have things > >crossconnected with serial consoles. > > > >One question, though: one machine has a serial port capable BIOS. If > >I use this, is there a way to do kgdb debugging over that connection? > > > >I think the real question is: if I use the serial port for the BIOS, > >will it be available as a port in FreeBSD? > > What does it mean when you say "the serial port for the BIOS"? > > To give an answer to an imagined question: > You can use the same serial port as both a console and a debug port. Using the serial port for the mainboard's BIOS might or might not disable it's use for console or debugging, that was my question. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ FreeBSD - where you want to go, today. http://www.freebsd.org/
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