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Add support for on-the-fly switching of console devices interactively

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from the i386 biosboot via the "consdev" command.
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jhawk 2000-05-13 05:25:20 +00:00
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share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot_console.8
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.\" $NetBSD: boot_console.8,v 1.5 2000/04/17 21:28:49 jhawk Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: boot_console.8,v 1.6 2000/05/13 05:25:20 jhawk Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 31, 1998
.Dd May 12, 2000
.Os
.Dt BOOT_CONSOLE 8 i386
.Sh NAME
@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ i386 bootloader selects a console device for its user interaction and
passes information about it to the
.Nx
kernel. The selection process is controlled by bootloader compile-time
options and system setup at the bootloader startup time.
options and system setup at the bootloader startup time, and may
be changed on-the-fly from within the bootloader.
.\"
.Ss Serial Console Options
The compile-time options (to be set in the booter's

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sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot/Makefile
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# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.26 2000/04/23 19:57:13 tsarna Exp $
# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.27 2000/05/13 05:25:20 jhawk Exp $
S= ${.CURDIR}/../../../../
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CPPFLAGS+= -DCOMPAT_OLDBOOT -DCOMPAT_386BSD_MBRPART
#Sample use of serial line debugger
# Various serial line configurations
CPPFLAGS+= -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=CONSDEV_PC -DDIRECT_SERIAL
# or
#CPPFLAGS+= -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=CONSDEV_COM0KBD
# or
#CPPFLAGS+= -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=CONSDEV_AUTO