On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 01:17:27PM -0700, Kedar Rajadnya wrote:
>
> We are attempting to use the STL2 motherboard with the onboard Intel 82559
> chip and OpenBSD 2.9. OpenBSD sees the chip, ifconfig shows no errors, but
> it just can't ping out. We have already tried 2.8 and changed the board etc.

In addition to the problem described here, could you verify the following:

1. Enable Console Redirection in the STL-2 BIOS.
2. Now the boot program cannot see the serial port used by console
   redirection.

This is unfortunate, since it would be *very* nice to have a serial console
on the same serial port as the BIOS console.

The Console Redirection feature only works in "DOS-mode"[1]. When e.g. the
Linux or BSD kernel starts, Console Redirection is turned off and the
serial port is available for the starting kernel. It is detected and can be
used.

The problem seems to be that the boot program can't see the serial port
because it runs in "DOS" mode.

[1] sorry, don't know the correct technical term for it. Real mode vs.
protected mode?

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