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author | Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> | 2006-03-31 15:34:58 -0500 |
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committer | Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> | 2006-03-31 15:34:58 -0500 |
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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. |