Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: tag -1 wontfix On Fri, 2017-07-14 at 20:34 +0200, Sascha Silbe wrote: > Source: linux > Version: 4.11.6-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > on some amd64 systems no native or PCI(e) serial ports are available > resp. possible. USB serial adapters are the only option to get a > serial console for debugging boot problems in this case. Unfortunately > the Debian amd64 kernels are built with USB_SERIAL_CONSOLE unset > (because USB_SERIAL is not built-in) so even that option isn't > available. When the BIOS text mode isn't working (e.g. high-res > monitor with a BIOS that only supports up to FullHD) one is left > without any working console device. [...] I think this case is too unusual to make it worth building in all the USB stuff needed to make this work on all x86 systems. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of.
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