Re: not working /dev/console

From: Daniel Braniss <danny_at_cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:11:56 UTC

> On 27 Nov 2024, at 10:45, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>> when the console is not uart0, init’s output, which I assume uses /dev/console
>> is lost. Boot, kernel and login work ok, also debugger.
>> 
>> so, is there a way to configure /dev/console to uart1?
> 
> I made some notes, and they point, among other things, to:
> 
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36286
> 
> kenv | grep cons
> boot_multicons="YES"
> comconsole_pcidev=""
> comconsole_port="1016"
> comconsole_speed="115200"
> console="comconsole"
> hw.uart.console="io:1016,br:115200"
> 
> So probably it can be configured, but I've never tried it.

done that, that’s how I get most of the messages - forgot to mention
i’m using SOL/ipmi to get the console, 
it’s the annoying init’s output that is missing, so I have to guess
why it’s not going multiuser :-(
thanks,
	danny



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