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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Changing default serial-console definition in inittab
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:50:47
Message-Id: 4F9C3BD4.6070605@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Changing default serial-console definition in inittab by Patrick Lauer
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4 On 04/28/2012 01:38 AM, Patrick Lauer wrote:
5 > On 04/28/12 01:29, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
6 >> Since I've been configuring a couple of systems lately for
7 >> remote access, which include configuring the serial console, I'm
8 >> wondering if it would be a good idea to change our inittab so
9 >> that the default (commented out) definition of the serial
10 >> consoles is a bit more.. modern.
11 >>
12 >> The current definition sets the console at 9600 baud, using
13 >> vt100 emulation; I think most of us who configure it, do so at
14 >> 115200 baud, and some prefer vt-utf8 over vt100 (the two are
15 >> partially compatible as far as I can tell).
16 >>
17 >> Of the two systems I've configured ­– a SuperMicro server which
18 >> is the new tinderbox host, and an HP for work – both have the
19 >> default IPMI configuration for Serial-over-LAN set at 115200, and
20 >> the HP also had VT-UTF8 by default for emulation (SuperMicro
21 >> defaulted to vt100 but still allows utf8).
22 >>
23 >> Comments?
24 >>
25 >
26 > Leave the old defaults, add an example with the new options?
27 >
28 > Since serial consoles are not default the user will have to
29 > consciously enable them anyway, so there are no "defaults"
30 >
31 > Have fun,
32 >
33 > Patrick
34 >
35
36 Yeah +1 on that
37
38 - --
39 Regards,
40 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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