Re: port-atari/39849: netbsd-ATARITT kernel fails with serial port connected

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-atari/39849; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: dross%pobox.com@localhost, tjamaloo%gmail.com@localhost
Subject: Re: port-atari/39849: netbsd-ATARITT kernel fails with serial port
 connected
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:25:35 +0000 (GMT)

        I've adjusted the Synopsis and priority for this bug.
 
        I wonder if the kernel might be trying to enable that serial
        port as the serial console.
 
        Could you repeat the test and run some terminal program on the
        other end. If you are using Windows you may want to look at
        PuTTY as an ssh and serial client:
 
 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
 http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-serial
 
        As a first test you may want to add the following to /etc/ttys
 
 ttyA0    "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown on secure
 ttyA1    "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown on secure
 
        then boot normally and finally connect up the serial line to the
        PC. The above change should try to run getty to permit login on
        channel a and b on zs0. If you get a login prompt on putty then
        you know the serial link and settings are good, then you can try
        booting with the null-modem attached.
 
 
 
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