Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:08:18 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
Cc: tmolina@cablespeed.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zwane@linuxpower.ca
Subject: Re: Console on USB
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 06:08:45PM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> > > Is there any advice I might be able to use to get this going?  I really 
> > > want to be able to catch some oops output.
> >
> > Buy a machine with a serial port.  That's my recommendation :)
> 
> That could be difficult in a few years time.  What are we going to do
> when we start getting bugs that are only reproducable on laptops with
> no legacy ports? 

Use the previously mentioned netconsole code.

Or use a firewire debug console, like some of the BSDs and Windows do
today.

Good luck,

greg k-h
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