Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 12:30:17 -0600
From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
To: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>,
       Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
cc: marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Undo aic7xxx changes
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> Willy: I am willing to try a serial console setup (as it does not interfere
> with X).

Are you still running all of your tests with X up?  You then have no chance
of getting any useful diagnostics without a serial console.  Can't you switch
back to a vty while the test is running?

>I have tried this before with no luck. Can you provide some hints how
> you got that working (yes, I read Documentation/serial-console.txt, but
> I could not manage any output on the serial line).

You will need a null modem cable.  Config a kernel with serial console
support enabled.  Use a fairly high speed for your console (115200).  To
enable your first serial port as a console add something like the following
to your kenrel command line:

console=ttyS0,115200 console=vty0

This will retain console output on the vty too.

--
Justin

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