Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:16:41 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Olivier_Cochard-Labb=E9?= <olivier@cochard.me> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: serial console "detection" during boot Message-ID: <505D9E19.9060506@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bq%2BTcoUe65XkhSdG__Rr_ibmf3x3zXB%2BF3wM2A9%2BOGLtQAJiw@mail.gmail.com> References: <505786AC.9010302@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2Bq%2BTcoUe65XkhSdG__Rr_ibmf3x3zXB%2BF3wM2A9%2BOGLtQAJiw@mail.gmail.com>
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on 22/09/2012 11:40 Olivier Cochard-Labbé said the following: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> Guys, >> >> 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. > > I confirm that I can boot under Virtualbox without serial port > configured with your patch and dual console configuration in > /boot/loader.conf. > > But, I've still the same hang problem with a system configured for > booting with dual console configuration like that: > echo "-D" > /boot.config This is because -D affects behavior of boot2 as well and boot2 uses different serial console code (in BTX). -- Andriy Gapon
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