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From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: Emmanuel Fleury <fleury@cs.auc.dk>
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Subject: Re: Remote Serial Console on 2.6.x ?
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:58:29 +0100 Emmanuel Fleury <fleury@cs.auc.dk> wrote:

| Hi,
| 
| I was used to debug my kernel code with the remote serial console
| facility on the 2.4.x serie, but I really can't figure how does it works
| to activate it on the 2.6.0-test9 that I just got.
| 
| I took a look at the relevant HOWTO:
| http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/kernelcompile-25.html
| 
| But, it seems that all the configure scheme has changed for the 2.6.x...
| 
| Can anybody give me some pointers on a documentation or give me some
| hints ???

Hi,

Here's how it looks in 2.6.0-test9:


Device Drivers:
  Character devices:
    Serial drivers:
      <*> 8250/16550 and compatible serial support
          (CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y)
      [*]   Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port
            (CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y)


HTH.
--
~Randy