bhyve/nmdm/cu console paste in problem
Hi, I run a development bhyve in a tmux session next to it a console using cu on the nmdm device. When I try to paste text in on a vi started on the console it stops at some point rather than pasting it all. This is a direct root login on the console with csh in case that would matter. FreeBSD is 15-CURRENT from April on amd64. For example I tried to paste a reproducer script out of a PR in and it stopped in the middle of a line. If I open vi in the same tmux session in another pane it pastes just fine so I assume it is cu/bhyve/nmdm. Has anyone noticed that before? /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7
Re: bhyve/nmdm/cu console paste in problem
i've never been able to get tip or cu to accept a paste. this was not the only reason but it was one reason why i wrote rtty many years ago. /usr/ports/sysutils/rtty hard to configure, sorry, it didn't have to scale.
Re: bhyve/nmdm/cu console paste in problem
I presume bhyve emulates a serial device, has a limited buffer and can only work so fast before dropping characters Your best bet may be to use picocom or some such term emulator program with a builtin support for "file transfer" or can use an external program such as sz/rz which are designed to deal with lossy serial lines. Put your "paste" in a host file and xfer it. Alternately add another emulated net port and ssh in (if you are debugging networking, this may require some ingenuity!).
