ASPEED video driver

[O'Connor, Daniel]

> On 22 Sep 2020, at 00:16, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at puchar.net> wrote:
> 
> by the way - can you tell me how to use this serial console in these shitty java interface to management?
> 
> Or other - simpler - way to use it.
> 
> I too would prefer to have simulated serial console. Much prefer.

FYI for Supermicro X11 boards the latest BMC firmware doesn't require Java, it works with HTML5.

The BIOS settings for enabling serial redirection on the X11SSHF are..:
 - Advanced -> Serial Port 2 Attribute => SOL
 - Advanced -> Serial Port Console Redirection -> SOL/COM2 Console Redirection => Enabled
 - Advanced -> Serial Port Console Redirection -> SOL/COM2 Console Redirection -> Settings
   - COM2 Bits per second => 115200
   - COM2 Redirection After BIOS POST => Always Enable

Annoyingly you can't use both physical serial ports *and* SOL (unlike X9 boards where SOL could be COM3)

PS with the 'virtual media' you can mount a FreeBSD ISO and do an install completely over the network.

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