disabling all serial input / output at boot time

[Mike Tancsa]

At 12:04 AM 4/15/2010, perryh at pluto.rain.com wrote:
>Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net> wrote:
>
> > I have an embedded device (Alix box) that is running RELENG_8 off
> > a CF that is designed to monitor / control a serial sensor device.
> > The sensor is quite chatty and is always outputing data at 115200.
> > The problem is that this will interrupt the boot process.
>
> > I even tried to "fake" it out, but trying to make com2, the console
> > in /boot/device.hints ...
> >
> > Is there any way to completely disable serial interaction and
> > to truly make the bootup process quiet and non interactive ?
>
>More of a workaround than a fix, but does it work any better
>if you connect the device to com2 instead of com1?


Unfortunately there is only one serial port on the board we are using.


         ---Mike


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