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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-08-04 11:41:18 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-08-18 23:50:46 +0100 |
| commit | 5337ac972f8b1f08cf286fa834a439574df3812a (patch) | |
| tree | 54c0505d5896fde56be7d70fa2c0a61e53155e86 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | efb62666c7bb3b73599c131f48cd3a8c2d7dd12e (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-5337ac972f8b1f08cf286fa834a439574df3812a.tar.gz | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index a7d257b176..d7902ca5a2 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -11657,15 +11657,24 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK</glossterm> <info> - SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK[doc] = "Similar to SERIAL_CONSOLES except the device is checked for existence before attempting to enable it. Supported only by SysVinit." + 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." </info> <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - Similar to - <link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'><filename>SERIAL_CONSOLES</filename></link> - except the device is checked for existence before attempting - to enable it. + Specifies serial consoles, which must be listed in + <link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'><filename>SERIAL_CONSOLES</filename></link>, + to check against <filename>/proc/console</filename> + before enabling them using getty. + This variable allows aliasing in the format: + <device>:<alias>. + If a device was listed as "sclp_line0" + in <filename>/dev/</filename> and "ttyS0" was listed + in <filename>/proc/console</filename>, you would do the + following: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "slcp_line0:ttyS0" + </literallayout> This variable is currently only supported with SysVinit (i.e. not with systemd). </para> |