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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:38:38 -0800
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org>
To:        Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: IPMI serial console
Message-ID:  <20130221233838.GB92249@icarus.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <E88A8FF8-C4FA-4968-86A5-0E9C7AE40C97@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <00CC60B5-A6EB-4A3C-B8AC-1D60014DE442@gsoft.com.au> <201302211049.13863.jhb@freebsd.org> <E44ABF7A-3795-471B-B241-7103ECE2119E@gsoft.com.au> <20130221220317.GA90640@icarus.home.lan> <E88A8FF8-C4FA-4968-86A5-0E9C7AE40C97@gsoft.com.au>

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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:01:45AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> 
> On 22/02/2013, at 8:33, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> wrote:
> >> I also tried booting with '-D -h -S 115200' but nothing either.
> > 
> > Try setting the IPMI pieces (in the IPMI device itself) to 9600bps.
> > 
> > Then try using 9600bps in FreeBSD (loader.conf or /boot.config, as well
> > as in inittab/getty).
> > 
> > If this works for you, I can expand further on why, if requested.
> 
> 
> Well that broke everything :)
> 
> - No messages from the BIOS
> - No kernel messages
> - No getty output
> 
> Now to forward a tun interface so I can run the Java faux-VNC client and fix it.

Wow, that's disappointing.  I wonder if the underlying IPMI firmware has
a bug relating to using serial port speeds other than 115200.

You can see my other mail to kib@ and -stable regarding why I
recommended trying this.  Sorry for making your life difficult; wasn't
my intention.

-- 
| Jeremy Chadwick                                   jdc@koitsu.org |
| UNIX Systems Administrator                http://jdc.koitsu.org/ |
| Mountain View, CA, US                                            |
| Making life hard for others since 1977.             PGP 4BD6C0CB |



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