Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261712AbTHTEqh (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:46:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261713AbTHTEqh (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:46:37 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:18337 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261712AbTHTEqe (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:46:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:46:32 -0400 From: Pete Zaitcev Message-Id: <200308200446.h7K4kW211793@devserv.devel.redhat.com> To: Thomas Molina cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Console on USB In-Reply-To: References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 980 Lines: 26 > So I ordered a USB to serial converter, configured a 2.6.0-test3 > kernel, added a console=/dev/ttyUSB0 to the kernel command line and > connected this to my desktop with a null modem adapter. What made you think this will work?! > Is there any advice I might be able to use to get this going? You'd have to write it. Grep for register_console for starters. But I do not advise it, see below. > I really want to be able to catch some oops output. If oops happens with interrupts closed, forget about it. USB needs interrupts to work. This is one of the reasons nobody bothered to implement console over USB serial. You will have a better chance using Ingo's netconsole, if a patch for your Ethernet driver exists. -- Pete - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/