Re: USB console and network devices unsupported for boot

2009-03-27 Thread VomLehn
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:12:08PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: > VomLehn wrote: > > My question: are USB serial consoles and auto-configured network devices in > > common use or is my application a special case? If the former, we need to > > push > > for a better resolution. Otherwise, I'll go off and

Re: USB console and network devices unsupported for boot

2009-03-27 Thread Tim Bird
VomLehn wrote: > My question: are USB serial consoles and auto-configured network devices in > common use or is my application a special case? If the former, we need to push > for a better resolution. Otherwise, I'll go off and figure out something that > works for my application. I'd say that the

USB console and network devices unsupported for boot

2009-03-27 Thread VomLehn
I've been tracking down a problem with kernels 2.6.28 and 2.6.29 and it looks like there is a race condition with using USB boot devices. Specifically: o The console specified with console=ttyUSB0 does not work o Using ip=169.254.0.21::169.254.0.21:255.255.0.0:zeus:eth0: does not