Re: not working /dev/console

> On 27 Nov 2024, at 11:42, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 2:12 AM Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il <mailto:danny@cs.huji.ac.il>> wrote:
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> > On 27 Nov 2024, at 10:45, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org <mailto:pi@freebsd.org>> wrote:
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> > Hi!
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> >> when the console is not uart0, init’s output, which I assume uses /dev/console
> >> is lost. Boot, kernel and login work ok, also debugger.
> >> 
> >> so, is there a way to configure /dev/console to uart1?
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> > I made some notes, and they point, among other things, to:
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> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36286 <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36286>
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> > kenv | grep cons
> > boot_multicons="YES"
> > comconsole_pcidev=""
> > comconsole_port="1016"
> > comconsole_speed="115200"
> > console="comconsole"
> > hw.uart.console="io:1016,br:115200"
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> > So probably it can be configured, but I've never tried it.
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> done that, that’s how I get most of the messages - forgot to mention
> i’m using SOL/ipmi to get the console, 
> it’s the annoying init’s output that is missing, so I have to guess
> why it’s not going multiuser :-(
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> BIOS or UEFI?
UEFI.
the hosts in question are Dell 7xx, and bios/pxeboot no longer works

> 
> Warner
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> thanks,
>         danny
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