Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 22 Jul 1996 20:24:09 -0500 | From | Matthew X Economou <> | Subject | Using a terminal device as console. |
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>>>>> "MXE" == Matthew X Economou <econommx@Rose-Hulman.Edu> writes:
MXE> I'd like to use a terminal connected to a serial port as my MXE> console device...
I've just checked the BootPrompt-HOWTO and have been poking about in the kernel source (./drivers/char/console.c, ./include/asm-{i386,alpha}/, ./include/linux/, ./init/main.c, ./arch/alpha/*, and ./arch/i386/*). ./drivers/char/console.c seems to have the ability to echo to a serial port, but nowhere have I been able to find where the kernel sets the console device. Nor have I been able to discern how booting the kernel works (e.g. flow of control), and so find where the video is initialized, etc. The Kernel Hacker's Guide mentions nothing about kernel startup (where stuff gets called, initialized, etc.), so any enlightenment would be appreciated.
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