Use 115200 bps by default for serial communication

9600 was a standard baud rate decades ago, but 115200 is now more common
so choose defaults that are useful to the largest number of users.

Note that boot0sio does not support rates above 9600 so it remains
unchanged.

Reviewed by:	bz, imp, manu
Relnotes:	Yes
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36295

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index e3b4845aa2ad..56332932e359 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -167,10 +167,9 @@
 #
 #BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT=	0x3F8
 #
-# The default serial console speed is 9600.  Set the speed to a larger value
-# for better interactive response.
+# The default serial console speed is 115200.
 #
-#BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=	115200
+#BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=	9600
 #
 # By default the 'pxeboot' loader retrieves the kernel via NFS.  Defining
 # this and recompiling /usr/src/stand will cause it to retrieve the kernel
diff --git a/share/man/man4/dcons.4 b/share/man/man4/dcons.4
index b9b78d8f70ac..6ef58ea00757 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/dcons.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/dcons.4
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ signal to
 using
 .Xr kill 1 .
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-dcons	"/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"	vt100	on  secure
+dcons	"/usr/libexec/getty std.115200"	vt100	on  secure
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Once the
diff --git a/share/man/man5/remote.5 b/share/man/man5/remote.5
index 43cbd463e9c3..677c413eec26 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/remote.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/remote.5
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ serial port.
 When a modem is used, the data rate used to communicate
 with the remote modem may be different than this rate.
 This is a decimal number.
-The default rate is 9600 bits per second.
+The default rate is 115200 bits per second.
 .It Cm \&cm
 (str)
 An initial connection message to be sent to the remote host.