Re: Defaulting serial communication to 115200 bps for FreeBSD 14

On 8/16/23 22:28, Alexander Motin wrote:
> On 16.08.2023 18:14, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> The default serial communications config on most telecom equipment that
>> I have seen ( in the last forty years ) defaults to 9600 8n1. If people
>> want something faster from FreeBSD then do the trivial :
>>
>>      set comconsole_speed="115200"
>>      set console="comconsole"
>>
>> Is that not trivial enough?
> 
> Except it is not a telecom equipment 40 years ago.  Even at 115200 that 
> I routinely use on my development systems I feel serial console output 
> affects verbose boot time and kernel console debugging output.  I also 
> have BIOS console redirection enabled on my systems, and I believe the 
> default there is also 115200, and even that is pretty slow.  I see no 
> point to stay compatible if it is unusable.
> 

You seem to be missing the point.

You need to make a configuration choice. You. Not the world. You.

Edit your /boot/loader.conf and put in the lines above.

Then be happy.

--
Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
GreyBeard and suspenders optional

PS: a recent CISCO ASA fireware defaults to 9600 8n1. Same as a lot of
     equipment.