From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KyWrk-0008C6-0k for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:32 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KyWri-0008Aj-Gr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:30 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KyWrg-00088z-Td for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:30 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58269 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KyWrg-00088S-Kj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:28 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:58588) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KyWrg-0006UM-AZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:28 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KyWqm-0002e4-BC; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:18:32 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KyWrE-0002xQ-Eq; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:19:00 +0100 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:19:00 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20081107191900.GE8625@thorin> References: <20081107102637.4bfc29c9@gibibit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081107102637.4bfc29c9@gibibit.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: joey+lists@kidfixit.com Subject: Re: perceived bug: no serial/vga simuldisplay 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: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:19:30 -0000 On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 10:26:37AM -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote: > On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:01:30 -0700 > Joey Korkames wrote: > > > When migrating my Grub1 pxegrub setup to grub2 for testing, some of > > the new quirks in the serial system have bothered me... > > > > Unlike Grub Legacy, where I can specifiy > > the serial console, and have the menu simul-displayed on both vga and > > serial (if port actually exists); Grub2 can't simul-display. > > I wonder if Robert Millan's 'Terminal split' patch will allow this. He > plans, I think, to support having both AT keyboard + USB keyboard > input, so I think that supporting serial in/out and keyboard/VGA in/out > should be a similar situation. > > I'll let Robert chime in on this. My patch (btw I just committed it) doesn't allow this per se, but it's a step in that direction. Multiple terminals are being discussed in that thread as well. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."