Re: Console on USB

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Aug 20 2003 - 12:11:41 EST


On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 06:08:45PM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> > > Is there any advice I might be able to use to get this going? I really
> > > want to be able to catch some oops output.
> >
> > Buy a machine with a serial port. That's my recommendation :)
>
> That could be difficult in a few years time. What are we going to do
> when we start getting bugs that are only reproducable on laptops with
> no legacy ports?

Use the previously mentioned netconsole code.

Or use a firewire debug console, like some of the BSDs and Windows do
today.

Good luck,

greg k-h
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