What else do you want to specify? The baudrate? console=/dev/ttyS0,9600
I set this in my bootargs variable for ppcboot...which gets passed in as the bootline and eliminates the need for me to type anything during the boot sequence. setenv bootargs console=/dev/ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/nfs rw ... ... ... -----Original Message----- From: Aman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:50 PM To: linuxppc embedded Subject: Cmdline Option in Linux Hi All I have a question relating to the cmdline option ie root=console=dev/null. When we specify the console=/dev/null how is this implemented. One more question is there anyway we can change the cmdline options after the Linux kernel boots i.e. if I want to specify the console = /dev/ttyS0. Can anybody help me in understanding this cmdline. Thanking you in advance Regards Aman ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/