Re: Re (2): monitorless server; was Re: FTP server on a Sparc 2.

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

[Julian Coleman <jdc%coris.org.uk@localhost>, quoting peter%easthope.ca@localhost]
>> If the keyboard is unplugged, [...]
> Even with serial console, the kernel device probes [...]

Yes.  What Julian said.

> [*] Solaris supported input and output devices that weren't the same,
> e.g. keyboard input plus serial output, but I'm fairly sure that only
> works on Solaris.

I think it also works when running ROM code.  I don't recall trying it
on NetBSD, but, given what (little) I recall of the console code from
last time I was poking around in there, I would not expect it to work
under NetBSD.  (It could be made to, certainly, if anyone bothered.)

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