Serial console options

[Martin Cracauer]

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
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