Bug#489206: [Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#489206: Entering passphrase doesn't honor console/serial selection properly

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 02:22:09AM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> reassign 489206 linux-2.6
> thanks
> ----------------
> 
> On 04/07/2008 Uwe Hermann wrote:
> > Package: cryptsetup
> > Version: 2:1.0.6-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm seeing issues wrt to entering dm-crypt passphrases when using the
> > kernel parameters 'console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200' (to get the boot
> > log on both the screen and on the serial console (COM1).
> > 
> > In such a case I can only enter the passphrase on the serial console,
> > but _not_ on the normal keyboard/screen, which is obviously a bug.
> > 
> > If I only provided 'console=ttyS0,115200' the behviour would be ok, but
> > when using 'console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200' both consoles (serial and
> > VGA) should work.
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I really don't see how that one can be fixed in cryptsetup. It's rather
> a kernel bug. Thus reassigning the bug to linux-2.6.

Does it work with more recent kernels?

Cheers,
        Moritz