[syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb"
Luis.F.Correia
Luis.F.Correia at seg-social.pt
Fri Oct 6 08:46:44 PDT 2006
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
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