-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/28/2012 06:39 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 28.10.2012 22:29, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi: >>>> Good question... But I think this can be problematic on >>>> systems where you have connected some serial device. The same >>>> can be applied to ttyUSB0. >>>> >>> Ignore me, nobody complains about problems with syslinux that >>> enabled seria 0l by default. >>> >>> In that case, I have no problems in enabling by default. >>> >> mmm no!, on systems without serial port, serial-getty will block >> startup until some timeout is reached. >> >> Try this starting it without serial ports, (ie on kvm -serial >> no) > > Awww :( > > There are practically no systems without a serial port, but this is > a showstopper. This will still work with console=ttyS0 (or > console=hvc0). > >
But can be disabled by default (or ondemand) on firmware configuration if motherboard has a pin-socket for it (is rare to find today a motherboard with the "fichita" DB-9 on the panel) Notebook, netbooks...no serial. - -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQjaipAAoJEF7VFKRb1ck4B4YH/2LdX3wLxSfJVHkQgtVp2FX6 Dlde//8NC9FEpKrH/KY6bAy6Dw2K0SJF5FDu4mHhdAR1GxE3cejQ61piH4zUSQQw fy5v6UvzT071dR+IrghPtD6x24Gtrudva4MEwjR4LZ56I/T6opX3rWKdZngDD/Ql R3a+ui0jti5zCzUQtCMcoMQvST0mT1eG5Hh8aldgu4mPlyR4Bobp59X0bBnmsI7k 0267JYxuZf2dl+YCbdpFRdRh/AE6aR/AXhK98tzCAz/Yf0PWeaQzBZyWvCpbbxDc WDC+m42VAavkEVl3Hg+eTeP/hnsH7aX8mcTmxqehZbDFZxQafmfdEhr06mMH1RY= =Wzd0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
