Dear list, in an attempt to save on serial cabling for our machines, I'm trying to see if IPMI Serial over Lan (SOL) works as advertised.
For our Dell boxes, things seem to work, but our SuperMicro boards (X7SPA-HF and X8ST3-F) require extra work. The latter seem to insist on using com2 (i.e. COM3 in BIOS), which isn't present by default in GENERIC[.MP]. Obviously, adding this creates a bit of hassle and the risk of the com2 device being unavailable should I ever forget to add it back after upgrades. The GENERIC kernel config has commented out com2 (at isa0, addr 0x3e8, irq 5) and I assume this is not without reason. I've been unable to find that reason in source changes, but perhaps someone here knows. On i386, it is present. In summary, would the following be acceptable? Regards, Rogier Index: GENERIC =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC,v retrieving revision 1.338 diff -u -r1.338 GENERIC --- GENERIC 15 Mar 2013 09:10:52 -0000 1.338 +++ GENERIC 30 Mar 2013 01:04:54 -0000 @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ com0 at isa? port 0x3f8 irq 4 # standard PC serial ports com1 at isa? port 0x2f8 irq 3 -#com2 at isa? port 0x3e8 irq 5 +com2 at isa? port 0x3e8 irq 5 #com3 at isa? port 0x2e8 irq 9 # (conflicts with some video cards) com* at pcmcia? # PCMCIA modems/serial ports
