[syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb"

[H. Peter Anvin]

Luis.F.Correia wrote:
> 
> Buy a USB serial adapter.
> 
> By far cheaper then devling into the myriad of tricky USB controllers
> out there.
> 
> I bought mine for 9 EUR.
> 

You're missing the point... he wants console output on his USB serial 
dongle, which is hellishly hard to support (since serial port isn't one 
of the BIOS-provided "USB legacy features", syslinux would have to 
include a full-blown USB stack.)

Most laptops actually have a serial port header somewhere on the 
motherboard -- they're used by the manufacturers for testing -- but 
don't put one on the outside anymore.  Sadly.

	-hpa