Re: Defaulting serial communication to 115200 bps for FreeBSD 14

Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
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In message <CAPyFy2DFVp1BfwwY0czHU7XRZhOLYyF1tAr7MvbmXZ6ALSD==w@mail.gmail.c
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, Ed Maste writes:
> FreeBSD currently uses 9600 bps as the default for serial
> communication -- in the boot loader, kernel serial console, /etc/ttys,
> and so on. This was consistent with most equipment in the 90s, when
> these defaults were established. Today 115200 bps seems to be much
> more common, and I'm proposing that we make it the default for FreeBSD
> 14.0.
>
> I have a review open: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36295. There are a
> few minor nits in the review to be addressed still but assuming
> there's general agreement I'll iterate on those and commit this in a
> few logical chunks.
>

There should probably be an UPDATING entry for those who use boot0 to 
revert back to 9600 in that case.