Verily did Matthias Drochner write:

>> Ok.  I would rather hardcode "yes, I have a serial port, it is always
>> console".

> For that, the initio() argument "CONSDEV_COM0" (..3) are made.
> They get the actual serial port setting from the BIOS, so the port
> should not be disabled in the setup.

Ah.  ok.

So, you're suggesting that I do the following?:

(r) grunge:/sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot#diff -c main.c.orig main.c
*** main.c.orig Tue Oct  7 15:14:24 1997
--- main.c      Tue Oct  7 15:15:21 1997
***************
*** 223,229 ****
        int currname;
        char c;
  
!       initio(CONSDEV_PC);
        gateA20();
  
        print_banner();
--- 223,229 ----
        int currname;
        char c;
  
!       initio(CONSDEV_COM0);
        gateA20();
  
        print_banner();
(r) grunge:/sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot#diff -c Makefile.orig Makefile
*** Makefile.orig       Tue Oct  7 13:23:32 1997
--- Makefile    Tue Oct  7 13:29:21 1997
***************
*** 12,19 ****
  CLEANFILES+= ${BSSTART}
  
  CPPFLAGS+= -DCOMPAT_OLDBOOT
! #CPPFLAGS+= -DSUPPORT_SERIAL
! #CPPFLAGS+= -DDIRECT_SERIAL -DCOMCONS_KEYPRESS -DCONSPEED=38400
  #CPPFLAGS+= -DPASS_BIOSGEOM
  #uncomment if there are problems with memory detection
  #CPPFLAGS+= -DCONSERVATIVE_MEMDETECT
--- 12,19 ----
  CLEANFILES+= ${BSSTART}
  
  CPPFLAGS+= -DCOMPAT_OLDBOOT
! CPPFLAGS+= -DSUPPORT_SERIAL
! CPPFLAGS+= -DDIRECT_SERIAL -DCOMCONS_KEYPRESS -DCONSPEED=9600
  #CPPFLAGS+= -DPASS_BIOSGEOM
  #uncomment if there are problems with memory detection
  #CPPFLAGS+= -DCONSERVATIVE_MEMDETECT

Did I miss anything?

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