ASPEED video driver

[O'Connor, Daniel]

> On 21 Sep 2020, at 07:16, Crest <crest at rlwinm.de> wrote:
> I have no solution for the question you've asked, but I may have a solution for your problem. Over the years I've found the different IPMI KVM implementations terrible to use (slow to update, ridiculous input lag, keyboard layout fuck ups, etc.). Instead I prefer to use the IPMI Serial over LAN interface to install fresh systems avoiding the trouble of emulating a keyboard (and mouse) and capturing the video output. On most servers you can interrupt the boatloader via the serial connection and enable dual console operation in FreeBSD. Some of the buggier IPMI implementations work better with *only* a serial console enabled.
> 
> This example should work for most modern x64 server boards (with minimal changes)
> 
> boot_multicons="YES" # Enable multi console support
> boot_serial="YES" # Enable serial output
> console="comconsole,vidconsole" # On UEFI systems try efi instead
> comconsole_speed="115200" # Most boards default to 115200 baud instead of the 9600 FreeBSD uses for legacy reasons
> # comconsole_port="0x2f8" # If the Serial over LAN is mapped to COM2, check dmesg | grep uart
> 
> Sorry if this reads like a "you're holding it wrong" kind of answer, but I haven't had much success with IPMI keyboard and video redirection over the years.

Thanks, unfortunately we do need a local X server for commissioning of the system.

I do have SOL setup because I find that sometimes the BIOS ignores keypresses via the web console but the serial one works fine..

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