On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 12:44:47PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > It works yes - The problem is that there are 3 party involved in the > > serial console which makes it hard to provide a consistent look and feel > > to the user. First there is the kernel console for all kernel messages > > until "mounting root" and the later coming kernel oopes and stuff. Then > > there is the userspace /dev/console stuff where all bootup message come > > through. The baud rate of the former is set by the kernel command line. > > I am unshure about /dev/console which might come from /etc/ioctl.save > > via "init". Then there is the login getty on /dev/console which has > > a baud rate on its command line as an argument. > > Shouldn't getty use the `real' /dev/tty* instead of /dev/console? Else if I > pass e.g. console=tty0 to the kernel, getty will suddenly use a different > console. It does use the tty itself - Nevertheless it usually has its own impression of what the correct baud rate is. Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium
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