Re: Can I manage/modify console baud rates from userspace?

2010-05-03 Thread Alan Cox
> Is there some other way to modify the baud rate of the console device > from userspace once I figure out the right one? It would definitely be > less than ideal since we'd lose all the boot output, except what we can > get from dmesg _if_ the system boots, but it would be something. stty 57600

Re: Can I manage/modify console baud rates from userspace?

2010-05-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 22:25 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > I would suggest asking Alan Cox - he if anyone would know. > I lost the original mail and context above is missing some details. > Anyway added to this mail. Thanks Sam. Alan, hope you don't mind a direct email. I'll cut down the original

Re: Can I manage/modify console baud rates from userspace?

2010-05-02 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 12:14:55PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 11:58 +0200, Marco Stornelli wrote: > > 02/05/2010 02:02, Paul Smith wrote: > > > I've looked at setserial and it supports a baud_base parameter but that > > > doesn't appear to be what I want (I tried it anyway: ch

Re: Can I manage/modify console baud rates from userspace?

2010-05-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 11:58 +0200, Marco Stornelli wrote: > 02/05/2010 02:02, Paul Smith wrote: > > I've looked at setserial and it supports a baud_base parameter but that > > doesn't appear to be what I want (I tried it anyway: changing it didn't > > work, my console output was still screwed up).

Re: Can I manage/modify console baud rates from userspace?

2010-05-02 Thread Marco Stornelli
02/05/2010 02:02, Paul Smith wrote: > I've looked at setserial and it supports a baud_base parameter but that > doesn't appear to be what I want (I tried it anyway: changing it didn't > work, my console output was still screwed up). > > Trying to do something like creating customized PXE configs o

Can I manage/modify console baud rates from userspace?

2010-05-01 Thread Paul Smith
Hi all. I need some advice on an issue that just cropped up. We have a Linux embedded image (current kernel is 2.6.31-based) that we are booting up on blade systems using PXE to obtain the kernel image, the kernel boot line parameters, and an initrd from a server. On these systems we REALLY need