docs/100903: Handbook: new options available for serial console

[Martin Jackson]

>Number:         100903
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Handbook:  new options available for serial console
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 27 03:10:17 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Martin Jackson
>Release:        6.1-RELEASE-p3
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD anduril.minas.tirith 6.1-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p3 #7: Sun Jul  9 16:45:37 CDT 2006     root at anduril.minas.tirith:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SERVER  i386

>Description:
As of 6.1-RELEASE, boot allows a -S command-line option to set the console terminal speed.  This eliminates the need to recompile boot blocks (as described in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html).

It was educational to go through the recompile boot blocks process, but the Handbook should mention the new -S mechanism (it is documented in boot(8), e.g. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=boot&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE&format=html)
>How-To-Repeat:
Always. :)
>Fix:
I suggest text such as the following:

NOTE:

As of 6.1-RELEASE, boot(8) accepts a -S command line parameter to set the serial console speed in lieu of recompiling and reinstalling the boot blocks as described here.  The -S command line option can be added to /boot.config like the other options documented on this page.
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