Re: replace boot blocks on Soekris 4801
David Laight <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.help |
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On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 02:52:00PM -0500, James K. Lowden wrote: > > I copied /boot and /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1 from my 2.0 box, and ran > installboot(8): Why the versions from a 2.0 box? > > Also set the baud rate to zero, the bios-set baud rate is read from > > the UART divider registers and passed into the kernel. All the > > kernel code (and tty setup scripts) that kept on changing the baud > > rate have been removed from the console code. > > The installboot manpage still indicates that '-o speed' applies to i386. > Should that be changed? Or should it indicate that it's needed only to > override the BIOS setting? It is only the i386 (and amd64) boot files that have a parameter block that installboot can write this info into. I think (almost) all the other platforms require the kernel (and/or root filesystem) know the correct console baud rate. The 'speed=0' is something I added when playing with a 4801. David -- David Laight: [email protected]