Hi,
* Simon Horman [2008-08-29 15:19]:
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 05:14:04PM -0700, Jay Lan wrote:
> > Specifically, an ia64.
> >
> > I added printf() to purgatory-ia64.c, compiled, and executed
> > the kexec command from a shell window (ie, not from a script), but
> > i still did not see the printf i put in.
> >
> > Thanks for help in advance!
>
> IIRC, the printf output in purgatory only shows on the VGA console.
No, you just have to call kexec with right parameters:
--console-serial
Enable the serial console.
--serial=port
Specify the serial port for debug output.
--serial-baud=baud_rate
Specify the baud rate of the serial port.
However, I don't know if it works on IA64, especially with SGI consoles
I think one would have to patch kexec.
Also, don't use --noio (which is the default on SUSE on IA64 because
we had problems on some machines without that parameter).
Bernhard
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Bernhard Walle, SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Architecture Development
