On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I use minicom and a null modem serial cable. One of minicom's commands will > capture everything sent to the serial port, to a file. Other options are > available. Googling for "linux serial console" found several useful > starting-point links. > > The basic idea is to sent console output to a serial port, and then have > some method of reading and capturing the serial port's data. > > Another alternative is netconsole (google for "linux netconsole"), which > permits output over the network. Ok, I will try to look into this. > Well, this goes back to David's basic request: IDE-only or ATA-only. I find it a bit irritating, that CONFIG_IDE is mentioned as ATA in make menuconfig. But I'm trying to understand your point. > You really, really, really should not to enable both at the same time. I recompiled the kernel only with below settings all enabled. > If you are choosing ATA-only (libata), then you should disable CONFIG_IDE > and everything associated with CONFIG_IDE, including CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS. I disabled CONFIG_IDE this time. > libata will want something like > CONFIG_ATA > CONFIG_ATA_VERBOSE_ERROR <-- optional, but helpful > CONFIG_PATA_SERVERWORKS > > CONFIG_SCSI > CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING <-- ditto > CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS <-- ditto > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR <-- required only for CD-ROM support Recompiled with above enabled. And indeed: It worked. Booting as normal. Thank you for the detailed instructions. Best Zeno -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
