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Example of switching the serial console base on the SMBIOS defined product
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\ 2017, Public Domain: by David P. Discher dpd@dpdtech.com | |
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\ Using this FreeBSD bhyve (loader?) to read a non-existant ENV, panics the loader. (seg fault) | |
\ TO use/test add these two lines to /boot/loader.rc, before "beastie-start" | |
\ include /boot/serial.4th | |
\ serialcheck | |
\ For later google results, this can also be use to change/set any loader value | |
\ based on any KENV in FreeBSD that is avaiable at the /boot/loader stage. | |
\ Keywords: FreeBSD, loader, forth, 4th, setting loader values, example | |
: serialcheck ( -- ) \ check to see if we should use com1 or com2 | |
." Serial port, checking smbios.planar.product for Product One ... " cr | |
s" smbios.planar.product" getenv | |
s" Product One" compare-insensitive 0= if | |
." Product One, uses com1 ... " cr | |
s" set comconsole_port=0x3f8" evaluate | |
then | |
." Serial port, checking smbios.planar.product for Product Two ... " cr | |
s" smbios.planar.product" getenv | |
s" Product Two" compare-insensitive 0= if | |
." Product Two, uses com2 ... " cr | |
s" set comconsole_port=0x2f8" evaluate | |
then | |
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