console on sioN (not 0), RELENG_6

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Dmitriy Kirhlarov wrote:

DK> > what should I do to drift serial console from sio0 to sio4 on puc (alas, com1 
DK> > is broken on given motherboard, and there is no com2)? Quick googling and 
DK> > looking through the Handbook does not help much.
DK> 
DK> look like impossible.
DK> 
DK> handbook.
DK> 22.6.5.2 Using Serial Port Other Than sio0 for the Console
DK> 
DK> Edit /etc/make.conf and set BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT to the address of the
DK> port you want to use (0x3F8, 0x2F8, 0x3E8 or 0x2E8). Only sio0 through
DK> sio3 (COM1 through COM4) can be used; multiport serial cards will not
DK> work. No interrupt setting is needed.

It seems (looking at kernel config lines) that this is true for RELENG_4 times; 
I hope something improved over time ;-)

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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