Bug#463839: linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686: serial console management not possible with serial drivers compiled in

[lkcl <lkcl@lkcl.net>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-17
Severity: normal


http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2005-08/msg00472.html

bit of a pain, this one.  remote servers, only accessible via serial
links and power-switches.  there's no HOWTO out there describing what's
needed, and the default kernel appears to have 8250/16550 serial
built-in rather than allowing for emulation via the xen hypervisor.

oops!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686 depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools         0.68bpo1         tools for generating an initramfs
ii  linux-modules-2.6.18-5- 2.6.18.dfsg.1-17 Linux 2.6.18 modules on i686

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686 recommends:
ii  libc6-xen                     2.7-6      GNU C Library: Shared libraries [X

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