From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1ItiNl-0005yR-9B for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:32:09 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ItiNj-0005yM-M9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:32:07 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ItiNj-0005xy-B9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:32:07 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ItiNj-0005xs-54 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:32:07 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.30]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ItiNi-0003l6-Cx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:32:06 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAIBW5LO025792 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:32:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20071110213136.GA18400@thorin> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:33:00 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20071110213136.GA18400@thorin> (Robert Millan's message of "Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:31:36 +0100") Message-ID: <87sl33rdoz.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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 11:32:08 -0000 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. -- Marco