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List:       linux-usb-devel
Subject:    Re: [linux-usb-devel] Usb-Serial console problem with linux-2.6.10
From:       "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap () xenotime ! net>
Date:       2006-01-29 0:50:48
Message-ID: 20060128165048.3f2c4a46.rdunlap () xenotime ! net
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:37:34 -0800 Greg KH wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:31:01AM -0800, jassi brar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   I have problem using prolific usb/serial adaptor for
> > console.
> > 
> >  It prints boot messages but stop after printing
> > "warning: unable to open an initial console."
> > 
> >  I've selected CONFIG_USB_SERIAL
> > CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CONSOLE and
> > CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303. i m using
> > "console=ttyUSB0,9600" too(it doesn't print anything
> > at all, at 115200). 
> > 
> >  Has anybody tested it? Or i have to use later
> > version?
> 
> I don't think anyone has tested the usb-serial console code in a long
> time, as it was pretty much a joke that it was created in the first
> place :)
> 
> But if you do try a newer kernel, does that work for you?

I just successfully tested/used USB serial console on
2.6.15.1.  (I tried 2.6.16-rc1 but it dies for me during
boot, before the USB serial console is active, so it's a
bit difficult to log the problem.)

---
~Randy


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