On Jul 4, 2008, at 2:59 AM, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > doesn't splitting uart out of kernel broke serial console? Last time > I checked > it did. Yes, it does. The serial console is setup/initialized and used before pre-loaded modules are linked and/or usable. We don't have the support in place that allows you to boot without console until pre-loaded modules are initialized, at which time add a low-level console device is setup. It's not that hard to do, I think. So, currently low-level console drivers, such as dcons(4), sio(4) and uart(4) need to be compiled into the kernel. Consequently any devices/busses to which any of these can attach must be compiled into the kernel as well. Of these acpi(4) and puc(4) are good examples. acpi(4) is a good example because we use hints to work around the issue and have sio(4) attach to isa(4) instead... -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt_at_mac.comReceived on Fri Jul 04 2008 - 17:31:45 UTC
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