CONSPEED=19200 broken/changed on 5.4?

Dick Davies rasputnik at hellooperator.net
Wed Jun 8 14:22:52 GMT 2005


* Michael W. Lucas <mwlucas at blackhelicopters.org> [0603 15:03]:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm building a nanobsd image on i386 5.4-stable for a Soekris net4801.
> My kernel includes
> 
> options 	CONSPEED=19200
> 
> so that the serial console "just works".  (Soekris hardware defaults
> to 19200; having the BIOS at 19200 and the OS at 9600 is just
> annoying.)
> 
> When I boot, however, the console speed remains unchanged.  I've
> confirmed that the Soekris is running on my custom kernel.
> 
> I know this worked with 4.mumble; has something changed?

I have:

  #faster serial console
  BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=57600

in /etc/make.conf, and also:

  rasputnik$ grep 57600 /etc/ttys 
  # SERIAL CONSOLE: 57600 bps
  ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600"  dialup  on secure


The first does the bootloader, the second is for logins.

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