Re: serial bsd.rd on loongson

2010-03-06 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 09:57:59PM +0200, Lars Nooden wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > >>The steps are outlined in INSTALL.loongson. You'll need to set some > >>pmon variables. > > Yes, I have that working the way you do, booting off of wd0a. There > are the PMON characteristic

Re: serial bsd.rd on loongson

2010-03-06 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On a site note, the kernel will choose serial console on the Fuloong if the PMON variables novga and nokbd are both set (value does not matter), imitating what PMON does. To switch back to VGA console unset either of these variables in PMON and attach a USB keyboard. BTW, testing this I think I fo

Re: serial bsd.rd on loongson

2010-03-06 Thread Lars Nooden
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Otto Moerbeek wrote: The steps are outlined in INSTALL.loongson. You'll need to set some pmon variables. Yes, I have that working the way you do, booting off of wd0a. There are the PMON characteristics outlined in INSTALL.loongson. The serial seems needed for catching ddb

Re: serial bsd.rd on loongson

2010-03-06 Thread patrick keshishian
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > It truns out circumvention is not needed, since bsd.rd does not have /etc/ttys. > > To quote the install notes: > >On the Fuloong 2F, getting PMON to use the serial console >is tricky, due to PMON bugs and desi

Re: serial bsd.rd on loongson

2010-03-06 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 08:09:15PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 08:55:39PM +0200, Lars Nooden wrote: > > > What is the appropriate way to have bsd.rd (current) use only the > > serial interface for loongson? > > > > The current FAQ 7 does not outline the extra steps need

Re: serial bsd.rd on loongson

2010-03-06 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 08:55:39PM +0200, Lars Nooden wrote: > What is the appropriate way to have bsd.rd (current) use only the > serial interface for loongson? > > The current FAQ 7 does not outline the extra steps needed beyond > changing /etc/ttys > > /Lars The steps are outlined in INSTALL

serial bsd.rd on loongson

2010-03-06 Thread Lars Nooden
What is the appropriate way to have bsd.rd (current) use only the serial interface for loongson? The current FAQ 7 does not outline the extra steps needed beyond changing /etc/ttys /Lars