Re: [MiNT] boot message redirected to serial ?

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 12:55 +0200, Jo Even Skarstein wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Alan Hourihane" <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 12:22 PM
> To: "Miro Kropacek" <miro.kropacek@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Mariusz Buras" <mariusz.buras@gmail.com>; <mint@lists.fishpool.fi>
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] boot message redirected to serial ?
> 
> > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 12:12 +0200, Miro Kropacek wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>
> >>         Is it possible to redirect boot message to serial line ? It
> >>         would be awesome as a development aid of a network driver.
> >> It is, but I'm not sure what exact steps you need to take. Definitely
> >> you need debug version of kernel... probably best to look into
> >> sources, I'm 100% sure Frank used serial line for kernel development a
> >> lot.
> >
> > Right. You need a debug kernel and in the MINT.INI you can specify where
> > the debug output is sent. Alternatively hit the SHIFT key when prompted
> > and you can toggle where you want the output.
> 
> He is talking about "boot message", not debug output. So if you want to 
> redirect the console to the serialport you can change the console-device in 
> mint.cnf:

Ah yes. Good catch. He's got both options now too :-)

Alan.