Re: Terminal server with consumer hardware

Polarian <[email protected]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:50:48 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.questions
Message-ID <20260522005048.3033f732@Hydrogen>
Hey,

> and most if not all server class motherboards support it.

Yeah if it was a server motherboard it would be p*ss easy.

Unfortunately as mentioned in the title "consumer hardware" not "server
hardware" and also within the body of my initial email I highlight
there is no hardware (firmware) support for it.

I originally though this is not possible, but when reviewing
loader.efi(8) it says it is.

So theres really two questions here:

1. Are TTL USB drivers available within loader stage
2. How do I set the console_device to the correct device as all the hex
codes within the man page assume /dev/uartx not /dev/ttyUx.

Thanks,
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