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Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in your kernel configuration file: options GDB
and in loader.conf(5): dcons_load="YES"
The buffer consists of 4 channels. There are 2 ports, one for the console TTY and another is GDB port, then each port has an input channel and an output channel.
/dev/dcons
/etc/ttys | |
dcons "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure
Once the fwohci(4) device is initialized to allow physical access, the buffer can be accessed from another host via a firewire(4) bus using the dconschat(8) application. See dconschat(8) for more details.
If you want to use dcons as a gdb(1) port, add the following line into loader.conf(5):
dcons_gdb="1"
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