[syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb"

[Luis.F.Correia]

Hi!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:42 PM
> To: Luis.F.Correia
> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb"
> 
> 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.)

Oops, I guess I did.

But at least i was right about the complexness of supporting USB...

> 
> 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

How true and sad.

Luis