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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>2006-03-25 03:08:17 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-25 08:23:00 -0800
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[PATCH] doc: more serial-console info
Add info on flow control for serial consoles. Refer to netconsole option also. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -367,12 +367,17 @@ running once the system is up.
tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>.
ttyS<n>[,options]
+ ttyUSB0[,options]
Use the specified serial port. The options are of
- the form "bbbbpn", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
- "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), and "n" is bits.
- Default is "9600n8".
-
- See also Documentation/serial-console.txt.
+ the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
+ "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
+ bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
+ omit it). Default is "9600n8".
+
+ See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more
+ information. See
+ Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
+ alternative.
uart,io,<addr>[,options]
uart,mmio,<addr>[,options]