Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762544AbZDQXNV (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:13:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762431AbZDQXM5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:12:57 -0400 Received: from sj-iport-6.cisco.com ([171.71.176.117]:19174 "EHLO sj-iport-6.cisco.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762399AbZDQXM4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:12:56 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,206,1238976000"; d="scan'208";a="288388267" Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:12:53 -0700 From: David VomLehn To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [Patch] Wait for console to become available, ver 3 Message-ID: <20090417231253.GA8449@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> References: <20090417213148.GA27825@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> <49E8FF80.1020901@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49E8FF80.1020901@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-1; header.From=dvomlehn@cisco.com; dkim=pass ( sig from cisco.com/sjdkim1004 verified; ); Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 718 Lines: 20 On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 03:15:28PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > David VomLehn wrote: >>> >> + consoledelay=mS [KNL] Wait up to mS milliseconds for the a preferred >> + console to be registered, then continue. Useful for >> + systems where a console may not be plugged in, such as >> + for USB serial devices. >> + > > Pet peeve: > > The symbol for millisecond is "ms". mS is a unit of conductance, > millisiemens. Thanks for the info; this stuff does matter. -- 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/