On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 11:58:53AM -0800, Greg Steuck wrote:
> Thank Jonathan!
> 
> Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >> Question: Is there any way to redirect kernel console to com4 after PCI
> >> is up, or is console device fixed at boot? If it's fixed, I presume
> >> that's a fundamental limitation?
> >
> > find the address for the uart io bar with pcidump -v
> 
>  0:26:0: Intel C3000 UART
>         0x0000: Vendor ID: 8086, Product ID: 19d8
>         0x0004: Command: 0147, Status: 0010
>         0x0008: Class: 07 Communications, Subclass: 00 Serial,
>                 Interface: 02, Revision: 11
>         0x000c: BIST: 00, Header Type: 80, Latency Timer: 00,
>                 Cache Line Size: 00
>         0x0010: BAR io addr: 0x0000e060/0x0008
>         0x0014: BAR mem 32bit addr: 0xdf519000/0x00000100
> 
> > then at the boot prompt or in /etc/boot.conf
> >     machine comaddr 0x...
> 
> machine comaddr 0x0000e060/0x0008

the '/0x0008' is not needed

> stty com4 9600
> set tty com4
> boot
> 
> Works like a charm!
> 
> 

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