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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-08-04 11:41:18 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-08-18 23:50:46 +0100
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ref-manual: Updated the SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK variable description.
Provided a better, more accurate description of this variable. (From yocto-docs rev: 020f927bc01d662601fb44b19e4c6bc70e5e5ee7) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -11657,15 +11657,24 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
11657 11657
11658 <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK</glossterm> 11658 <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK</glossterm>
11659 <info> 11659 <info>
11660 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK[doc] = "Similar to SERIAL_CONSOLES except the device is checked for existence before attempting to enable it. Supported only by SysVinit." 11660 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK[doc] = "Specifies serial consoles, which must be listed in SERIAL_CONSOLES, to check against /proc/console before enabling them using getty. Supported only by SysVinit."
11661 </info> 11661 </info>
11662 <glossdef> 11662 <glossdef>
11663 <para role="glossdeffirst"> 11663 <para role="glossdeffirst">
11664<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> 11664<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
11665 Similar to 11665 Specifies serial consoles, which must be listed in
11666 <link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'><filename>SERIAL_CONSOLES</filename></link> 11666 <link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'><filename>SERIAL_CONSOLES</filename></link>,
11667 except the device is checked for existence before attempting 11667 to check against <filename>/proc/console</filename>
11668 to enable it. 11668 before enabling them using getty.
11669 This variable allows aliasing in the format:
11670 &lt;device&gt;:&lt;alias&gt;.
11671 If a device was listed as "sclp_line0"
11672 in <filename>/dev/</filename> and "ttyS0" was listed
11673 in <filename>/proc/console</filename>, you would do the
11674 following:
11675 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
11676 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "slcp_line0:ttyS0"
11677 </literallayout>
11669 This variable is currently only supported with SysVinit 11678 This variable is currently only supported with SysVinit
11670 (i.e. not with systemd). 11679 (i.e. not with systemd).
11671 </para> 11680 </para>