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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net> | 2006-04-02 09:08:05 +0400 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net> | 2006-04-02 09:08:05 +0400 |
| commit | 95d465fd750897ab32462a6702fbfe1b122cbbc0 (patch) | |
| tree | 65c38b2f11c51bb6932e44dd6c92f15b0091abfe /Documentation/serial-console.txt | |
| parent | 642fde17dceceb56c7ba2762733ac688666ae657 (diff) | |
| parent | 683aa4012f53b2ada0f430487e05d37b0d94e90a (diff) | |
| download | linux-95d465fd750897ab32462a6702fbfe1b122cbbc0.tar.xz | |
Manual merge with Linus.
Conflicts:
arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
drivers/input/keyboard/hil_kbd.c
drivers/input/mouse/hil_ptr.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/serial-console.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/serial-console.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/serial-console.txt b/Documentation/serial-console.txt index 6c689b0df2b8..9a7bc8b3f479 100644 --- a/Documentation/serial-console.txt +++ b/Documentation/serial-console.txt @@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ The format of this option is: ttyX for any other virtual console ttySx for a serial port lp0 for the first parallel port + ttyUSB0 for the first USB serial device options: depend on the driver. For the serial port this - defines the baudrate/parity/bits of the port, - in the format BBBBPN, where BBBB is the speed, - P is parity (n/o/e), and N is bits. Default is + defines the baudrate/parity/bits/flow control of + the port, in the format BBBBPNF, where BBBB is the + speed, P is parity (n/o/e), N is number of bits, + and F is flow control ('r' for RTS). Default is 9600n8. The maximum baudrate is 115200. You can specify multiple console= options on the kernel command line. @@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ become the console. You will need to create a new device to use /dev/console. The official /dev/console is now character device 5,1. +(You can also use a network device as a console. See +Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for information on that.) + Here's an example that will use /dev/ttyS1 (COM2) as the console. Replace the sample values as needed. |