consdev ucom0 ?

Ray Phillips <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.i386
Message-ID <CAKuiJ_fEswGBdW6KZufgu_LfPQ18zYrm1fVcB5xx553UDo5avQ@mail.gmail.com>
I'd like to use a serial console with a Dell OptiPlex 7440 PC to
capture the output when it fails to boot, but the PC doesn't have a
serial port, at least not externally.  I wonder if it's somehow
possible to use the consdev boot command to direct the serial I/O to
pass through a Belkin USB to RS-232 adapter instead of a conventional
com port.  The install kernel recognises the adapter (although these
lines are from when it was plugged into an OptiPlex 990):

umct0 at uhub2 port 4
umct0: Belkin USB PDA Adapter Belkin Components, rev 1.10/1.02, addr 4
ucom0 at umct0


Ray
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