From e16403da6250e010e27a836e1653c32779db02db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcel Moolenaar Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:28:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] A fix for serial consoles on fhc(4) based machines on sparc64 is a required feature. --- en/releases/5.4R/todo.sgml | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/en/releases/5.4R/todo.sgml b/en/releases/5.4R/todo.sgml index 9a61f2d335..b1ee41f20c 100644 --- a/en/releases/5.4R/todo.sgml +++ b/en/releases/5.4R/todo.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - + %includes; %developers; @@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ preemption. For 5.4-RELEASE, it is desirable to complete the locking work for KAME IPSEC so that it can run without the Giant lock. + + sparc64: no serial console on fhc(4) based machines + &status.wip; + &a.marcel; + Now that ofw_console(4) is disabled by default on sparc64, certain + machines, like the E4x00 don't have a serial console anymore. These + machines typically have a fhc(4) bus, onto which the serial ports + attach. The fix is two-fold: 1) properly add decoding of the fhc(4) + bus addresses for low-level consoles and 2) have puc(4) attach to the + fhc(4) bus. Patches are being tested. +

Desired features for 5.4-RELEASE