Re: [RFC] Call for review of GNU/screen support for D-I (was Re: Merge orion5x/kirkwood to flavour marvell and marvell-qnap)

[Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>]

Hi Roger,

Roger Shimizu wrote:
> For example, I know for it's necessary to have GNU/screen support for
> armel/armhf/arm64 platform; howover, for i386/amd64 PC, it usually
> have CRT/LCD and physical keyboard attached, so it's easily to switch
> console by Alt-F1 ~ F4 during debian installing.So for i386/amd64
> netboot targets, GNU/screen support is considered unnecessary.

I disagree that screen support for i386 in unnecessary. There are
rather popular x86 boards which only have a serial console and no VGA,
e.g.:

http://www.pcengines.ch/alix3d2.htm (actually all but two models on
				     http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm)
http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm
http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2b2.htm

So I think adding screen support to D-I on at least i386, too, would
add some value.

		Regards, Axel
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