From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 5 18:54:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0998106566C for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:54:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outE.internet-mail-service.net (oute.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B56288FC0A for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:54:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from idiom.com (mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out.internet-mail-service.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5063BB8E; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:54:44 -0800 (PST) X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (home.elischer.org [216.240.48.38]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 131B42D602A; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:54:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49B01FF6.3070306@elischer.org> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:54:46 -0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Wolfskill References: <20090305155721.GA70584@cons.org> <20090305175245.GA76821@cons.org> <20090305180018.GF4315@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <20090305180018.GF4315@albert.catwhisker.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Martin Cracauer , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console options X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:54:45 -0000 David Wolfskill wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:52:45PM -0500, Martin Cracauer wrote: >> ... >> 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. > > In my experience to date, it does not (disable); rather, the same serial > port may be used for access to the BIOS, as well as for logging in (via > /etc/ttys). I haven't tried kgdb over serial, but I have no reason to > believe that the BIOS use of the port will affect that, either. yes you can also usee it for the remote gdb stub as well however it's easier to do a lot of things if you DO have a separate port for the gdb stub. (or use firewire which is *amazing* for the gdb stub part). > > Peace, > david