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Date:      Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:30:26 +0200
From:      Uffe Jakobsen <uffe@uffe.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: serial console "detection" during boot
Message-ID:  <505CCE62.7090408@uffe.org>
In-Reply-To: <505786AC.9010302@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <505786AC.9010302@FreeBSD.org>

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On 2012-09-17 22:23, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>
> what do you think of the following two diffs?
>

+1

> Most likely I overdid various checks in libi386/comconsole.c.
> And, obviously, the RETRY_COUNT value is pulled out of thin air.
> Any help and suggestions are very welcome.
>
> With this patch I am able to boot with
> boot_multicons="YES"
> console="vidconsole,comconsole"
> in loader.conf on hardware where serial ports are disabled in BIOS.
> Previously loader would just hang trying to apply the console setting.
>

This patch would be a blessing - I've had problems like the one that you 
describe.

/Uffe







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