From 091f7cb4b842c3296f3c1c590adf1067588ef30a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarkko Toivanen <jt@jakest.us>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 20:25:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Bochs: serial to file

---
 .gitignore  | 1 +
 Makefile    | 1 +
 bochsrc.txt | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9c4c3e..97fbd68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 mnt/
 build/
 bx_enh_dbg.ini
+serial.out
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0826a2a..0ecd477 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ image: start32.bin mount grub-cfg roska.img mnt/roska/
 qemu-run: image roska.img
 	qemu-system-i386 roska.img -serial stdio
 bochs-run: image roska.img
+	touch serial.out
 	bochs -qf bochsrc.txt
 mount: roska.img mnt/
 	@if ! mountpoint -q "mnt/"; then \
diff --git a/bochsrc.txt b/bochsrc.txt
index f13fbe5..32dc163 100644
--- a/bochsrc.txt
+++ b/bochsrc.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ ata0-master:	type=disk, mode=flat, path=roska.img, cylinders=32, heads=16, spt=6
 boot:	disk
 
 # Use `bximage` to get disk geometry
-# TODO: Figure out how to get sensible TTY serial
+# Serial is piped to serial.out for your `tail`ing sweetness
+com1:	enabled=1, mode=file, dev=serial.out