[ntp:hackers] FreeBSD or die
Mark Martinec
Mark.Martinec at ijs.si
Thu Dec 16 02:04:39 PST 2004
> Mort was a Linux. I just swept Linux away and sprinkled FreeBSD 5.3 on
> it and am delighted with the results. ...
>
> 1. I need to install PPS stuff. I thought that only required a kernel
> recompile, but I can't find any reference to PPS in the kernel
> configuration file.
To be placed into kernel options file (/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/<host>) :
options PPS_SYNC
device pps
(The later enables timepps device /dev/pps0 for a parallel port;
The /dev/pps0 is conveniently named, it actually is a
timepps capture device, but for a parallel port (ppc/ppbus) ).
If some playing with device flags or interrupts is needed, it belongs
to /boot/device.hints, e.g.:
hint.sio.3.at="isa"
hint.sio.3.irq="9"
hint.sio.3.flags="0x...."
hint.ppc.0.at="isa"
hint.ppc.0.irq="7"
Man pages: SIO(4), PPC(4), PPBUS(4)
> 6. I need to use a serial port for the console. I know you can do this,
> just need to fumble around in the faq or whatever.
/boot/device.hints & man sio:
Meaning of flags:
0x00010 device is potential system console
0x00020 device is forced to become system console
Mark
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