Hi Jan, On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Jan Damborsky wrote:
> Yes, this is how fix for 5721 works. However, my understanding is that > fix for 6739497 might deal with the scenario you are interested in > (at least with the case where BIOS supports serial console redirection) - > let me quote from 5721#c9: > > > "It seems to cover common scenarios where machine implements support for > console > redirection to serial line in BIOS. SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection > Table) ACPI table will be checked by GRUB in order to determine if console is > redirected to the serial port. In that case GRUB will disable all graphics > and pass that information (serial console port and other settings) to the > kernel > as well." I had to re-read that a couple of times for that to make sense, you're right that this scenario should be fixed with 6739497. I've updated the bug and asked for progress on fixing it. In the interim, since this is going to impact test automation, I've talked with Frank on suggestions on how to word the grub menu entries. Frank? Alok
