Re: serial port

[Marco Gerards]

Robert Millan <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 12:33:00PM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote:
>> Robert Millan <address@hidden> 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.
>
> Maybe we could move this to grub_term.init ?  This way hardware is not
> accessed untill user requests a switch.

As long as it stays within serial.mod.  Is that what you propose?

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Marco