Serial console options

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Mar 5, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Martin Cracauer wrote:

> I finally have enough FreeBSD hardware piled up have things
> crossconnected with serial consoles.
>
> One question, though: one machine has a serial port capable BIOS.  If
> I use this, is there a way to do kgdb debugging over that connection?
>
> I think the real question is: if I use the serial port for the BIOS,
> will it be available as a port in FreeBSD?

What does it mean when you say "the serial port for the BIOS"?

To give an answer to an imagined question:
You can use the same serial port as both a console and a debug port.

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Marcel Moolenaar
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