From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Itim4-00037T-KA for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:57:16 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Itim3-000361-EL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:57:15 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Itim2-00034i-U0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:57:15 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Itim2-00034P-MB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:57:14 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Itim2-00026Q-26 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:57:14 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Itim0-0005hS-Pb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:57:13 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Itilk-0004pN-Ro for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:56:56 +0100 Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:56:56 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20071118115656.GB18369@thorin> References: <20071110213136.GA18400@thorin> <87sl33rdoz.fsf@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87sl33rdoz.fsf@xs4all.nl> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Microsoft discourages use of Outlook. X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: serial port X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:57:15 -0000 On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 12:33:00PM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > Robert Millan writes: > > Hi, > > > Any reason why the serial port is not enabled in grub_serial_init() ? > > > > grub> terminal > > Available terminal(s): console > > Current terminal: console > > grub> serial > > grub> terminal > > Available terminal(s): serial console > > Current terminal: serial > > Perhaps because the serial command sets it up? Although I agree it > seems a bit weird that it works this way. Perhaps it should be > enabled with the same defaults from the beginning? > > One problem of initializing it is that hardware will be accessed, > while it might not be desirable. Maybe we could move this to grub_term.init ? This way hardware is not accessed untill user requests a switch. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)