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From: simonr@novell.co.uk (Simon Ritter)
Subject: Re: Serial console question
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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 11:31:25 GMT
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Terry Klarich (terry@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu) wrote:
: Is there a way to have the system's console on one of the serial ports?
: I got used to this on sco unix and xenix. Any comments?
I've seen a couple of posts requesting this info, so here it is. Maybe this
should be added to the FAQ's.
Edit the file /etc/conf/pack.d/sysmsg/space.c. At the bottom of this you
will find the following lines:
extern int kdputchar(), kdgetchar();
extern int asyputchar(), asygetchar();
extern int asyputchar2(), asygetchar2();
struct conssw conssw =
{
kdputchar,
0,
kdgetchar
};
Change all occurences of kdputchar and kdgetchar to asycputchar and
asycgetchar. Rebuild your kernel and reboot, connecting a terminal to
the first serial port. Behold, all messages on the serial port.
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