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List:       sparc-redhat
Subject:    Re: serial console on latest snapshot.
From:       "David S. Miller" <dm () neteng ! engr ! sgi ! com>
Date:       1996-08-07 3:47:40
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   Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 14:42:09 +0400
   From: zaitcev@lab.sun.mcst.ru (Pete A. Zaitcev)

   >it boots as far as mounting root and then freezes (before init show its
   >messages) and then 10-20 sec later the ss1 reboots...

   Current console is not autoswitching. [Pity!]

Why not teach kernel and userland to do this properly?

If kernel detects serial console, then switch /dev/console major/minor
numbers to match that or serial line in use.

Boot up programs check if major/minor numbers of /dev/console match
either /dev/cua0 or /dev/cua1 and if so do something appropriate.

dm@engr.sgi.com

'Ooohh.. "FreeBSD is faster over loopback, when compared to
Linux over the wire". Film at 11.' -Linus

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