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@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ The format of this option is:
ttyX for any other virtual console
ttySx for a serial port
lp0 for the first parallel port
+ ttyUSB0 for the first USB serial device
options: depend on the driver. For the serial port this
- defines the baudrate/parity/bits of the port,
- in the format BBBBPN, where BBBB is the speed,
- P is parity (n/o/e), and N is bits. Default is
+ defines the baudrate/parity/bits/flow control of
+ the port, in the format BBBBPNF, where BBBB is the
+ speed, P is parity (n/o/e), N is number of bits,
+ and F is flow control ('r' for RTS). Default is
9600n8. The maximum baudrate is 115200.
You can specify multiple console= options on the kernel command line.
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ become the console.
You will need to create a new device to use /dev/console. The official
/dev/console is now character device 5,1.
+(You can also use a network device as a console. See
+Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for information on that.)
+
Here's an example that will use /dev/ttyS1 (COM2) as the console.
Replace the sample values as needed.