Subject: Re: console set to 0x2f8 instead of 0x3f8 for i386 on GENERIC ?
To: Gilbert Fernandes <gilb@nerim.net>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/22/2006 15:06:02 
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 02:19:40PM +0000, Gilbert Fernandes wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone.
> 
> I have updated my NetBSD installation on my Soekris 4801 and I'm
> building a custom kernel (GENERIC + ALTQ, I mainly add ALTQ and
> force console on the Soekris COM1 port, nothing else).

And you force the console why, exactly?

The kernel knows how to get the console type from the bootblocks.

Thor