>From time to time people ask questions about the serial console. As
README.serial is buried deep inside the kernel source tree, it's almost
time to have a decent text on the serial console in our handbook.
I am reformatting README.serial so that it can be included in our
handbook, and adding bits and pieces to clarify things. I haven't
finished it yet, but would like to have your comments now, so that we
can make it more informative and useful.
I put up the HTML version in:
http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/serialconsole.html
and the SGML version in:
ftp://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/serial-console.sgml
Please have a look and send me comments, corrections, additional
useful text, relevant pointers, etc.
Some notes:
- The text describes FreeBSD versions 3.0 and 3.1 or later. Version
3.0 doesn't have our new boot loader, so there is a note in the
introduction section about it.
- Because there are many differences regarding the serial console
setup between 2.X systems and 3.X systems, I don't directly deal with
2.X systems in this text.
- I am not a SGML expart ;-< formatting and links may be wrong.
- Some sections are not yet finished :-)
- The chapter number is arbitrary. When this text will be eventually
included in the handbook, I expect Nik will put it somewhere suitable
and give appropriate chapter number.
Thank you.
Kazu
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