Re: replace boot blocks on Soekris 4801

David Laight <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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

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