Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: Repeat the Ending | Date | 11 Jun 1997 00:39:25 +0200 |
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970610171058.31682K-100000@inorganic5.fdt.net>, Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net> wrote: >On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Paul H. Hargrove wrote: > >> kernel. The existing code just uses what is available, nearly for >> free, on the VGS hardware. For checking boot messages I'd suggest >> using a serial console. > >What serial console? :) >I realize there are unofficial patches for it. I'd love to be using a >serial console, if only it were part of Linus's kernel source. I've got a >spare RocketPort 16 port card I could wire into most of the systems.
I have been working on the serial console support for linux-2.1.x, and I'll be sending a patch to Linus soon. If he accepts it (I hope so) I'll make a backport of the 2.1.x console stuff to 2.0.x
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