Re: serial console

["Darrin B. Jewell" <dbj%netbsd.org@localhost>]

I just reverted my change and will take another look at it
when I get a chance.  I know the boot-com.iso doesn't use
the serial port when booting EFI, but I think my fix was
not correct.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

Darrin

"Darrin B. Jewell" <dbj%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> I honestly hope this isn't related to your problem, but I did make a
> change to the amd64 cdrom building recently that is in this area
> and may be the issue.
>
>    https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2021/02/06/msg126676.html
>
> I thought I was only affecting the boot-com.iso install cd, but this
> change should probably be examined to make sure it isn't causing your
> problem.
>
> Darrin
>
>> Has something changed recently in the land of serial consoles?
>> 
>> I am pretty sure that once I enabled serial console redirection
>> "after boot" in the "bios" of this amd64 uefi booting server, with
>> a serial port plugged in, I would have a serial console with the
>> default /boot.cfg.
>> 
>> After getting access to the building(!), it seems I now need to add
>> consdev com0,115200 to each menu item in boot.cfg. (Putting it
>> on a line on its own seems insufficient - is that a bug?)
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Patrick
>> 
>>