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authorKarel Zak2014-11-21 09:03:00 +0100
committerKarel Zak2014-11-21 09:03:00 +0100
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agetty: keep the current baud before try 9600 on serial lines
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8
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+++ b/term-utils/agetty.8
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ the list, which is treated as if it were circular.
Baud rates should be specified in descending order, so that the
null character (Ctrl\-@) can also be used for baud-rate switching.
.sp
-This argument is optional and unnecessary for virtual terminals.
-The default for serial terminals is '9600'.
+This argument is optional and unnecessary for \fBvirtual terminals\fP.
+.sp
+The default for \fBserial terminals\fP is keep the current baud rate
+(see \fB\-\-keep-baud\fP) and if unsuccessful then default to '9600'.
.TP
term
The value to be used for the TERM environment variable. This overrides