Re: how to setup serial console on my mac?

[Donald Lee <MacPPC2%caution.icompute.com@localhost>]

The easiest way to set up a serial console is to direct OFW
to "ttya".

        setenv input-device ttya
        setenv output-device ttya
        reset-all

ttya is the "modem port".

My experience is that if OFW is operating on serial, the NetBSD console
will be as well.

-dgl-

>Hi,
>
>I tried doing this some time ago and failed, I thought I'll have a go again...
>
>I'm trying to setup my mac so I can access console via /dev/ttyZ0 and 
>/dev/ttyZ1
>
>I have following in my /etc/ttys
>console "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt100   off secure
>ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure
>ttyZ0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt100   on secure
>ttyZ1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt100   on secure
>
>If I set dummy output-device in open firmware it causes mac to input/output 
>everything to modem port (/dev/ttyZ0), mac boots ok and I'm able to logon:
>Nov 29 15:21:10 wally getty[474]: /dev/ttyE0: Device not configured
>
>NetBSD/macppc (wally) (ttyZ0)
>
>login: root
>Nov 29 15:21:21 wally login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyZ0
>Last login: Sat Nov 29 15:06:26 2008 on ttyE0
>Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
>    2006, 2007
>    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
>
>NetBSD 4.0.1 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Oct 7 23:19:46 PDT 2008
>
>             .:'
>         __ :'__
>      .'`__`-'__``.
>     :__________.-'
>     :_________:   Welcome to NetBSD/macppc 4.0.1!
>      :_________`-;
>       `.__.-.__.'
>
>Terminal type is vt100.
>
>but if I set right output-device and get my console on /dev/ttyE0 I can no 
>longer use /dev/ttyZ0 to connect.
>
>I had a look at Linux Serial Console HOWTO 
>[http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html] but it uses agetty, 
>I couldn't find any files containing agetty:
>wally# grep agetty `find /etc/`; echo $?
>1
>
>Can somebody please help me to set this up?
>
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