looks like the duplication is due to using the serial console define if I remove it and rebuild it goes away
in kvm/sebios the bios output routine write to the serial console too hence the duplication. how do I build one ipxe.pxe that will work with kvm vm and serial on hardware? On 22 April 2014 16:13, Peter Pickford <[email protected]> wrote: > Just done a git pull and rebuild > > no patches only > #define CONSOLE_SERIAL > in config/local/console.h > > This is what I get on kvm with serial console > > http://pastie.org/9101958 > > virt-manager was use on the client side > [peter@intel-ion ~]$ pacman -Q virt-manager libvirt > virt-manager 1.0.1-1 > libvirt 1.2.3-4 > on server > [root@station30 ~]# rpm -qa qemu-kvm qemu-img gpxe-roms-qemu libvirt > qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8.x86_64 > gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.10.el6.noarch > qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8.x86_64 > libvirt-0.10.2-29.el6_5.7.x86_64 > > > vm has no video drivers and uses controller virtio serial and serial 1 as > primary console > > ipxe is loaded via gpxe from tftp ipxe.pxe > > as you can see double chars > > holding down a yes has about a second pause between groups of chars being > output (2-4 at a time) > > arrow keys are somewhat working but unreliable > > typing aaaaaaaaaa then backarrowing by holding down the arrow key gets > iiPPXXEE>> > > aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDaa > > > Thanks > > Peter > > > On 22 April 2014 15:24, Ben Hildred <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, I have an intel box on the bench and loaded ipxe that was compiled >> with both serial and video consoles, and note behaviors >> >> starting with my current version: >> >> show version reorts: >> builtin/version:string = 1.0.0+ (2d6d) >> there are some patches applied to the local version >> >> echo ${esc:string}[2J clears the screen both vga and serial, but on the >> serial it leaves the prompt on the second line (due to trailing newline) >> and on vga it leaves the prompt on the bottom of the screen. fast white on >> black. >> >> the login screen is color on vga; no color, some bold on serial does not >> draw background so fast. >> >> config and menu are color on vga; no color some bold on serial and draw >> the background on both so slow, >> >> arrow keys and paste from serial do not work as documented. >> >> Now grabbing and merging today's git: >> From git://git.ipxe.org/ipxe >> 93acb5d..d644ad4 master -> origin/master >> >> show version now reports: >> builtin/version:string = 1.0.0+ (e97ca) >> >> Arrow keys now work, but paste only partialy works upto 16 characters are >> ok then garbage. >> All other behavior unchanged. >> >> and just for completeness, recompiling with today's master: >> builtin/version:string = 1.0.0+ (d644a) >> no other changes, all tests repeated. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Michael Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 22/04/14 18:07, Ben Hildred wrote: >>> >>>> yep, the machine I have been testing on does not have bios serial >>>> support, and when serial console is compiled in you can watch the cursor >>>> flicker over every character on the screen when changing menus, on both >>>> the serial port and vga. by the way the background is blue. This does >>>> not seem to affect the shell, just the menus. >>>> >>> >>> Over every character including the empty spaces, or just every non-space >>> character? >>> >>> If it's just the non-space characters then that's expected: the output >>> will limit itself to your serial port baud rate and you would need to use a >>> faster baud rate to minimise the visible effects. >>> >>> If it's every character including the spaces, then please try the >>> following: >>> >>> set esc:hex 1b >>> echo ${esc:string}[2J >>> show version >>> >>> Michael >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Ben Hildred >> Automation Support Services >> 303 815 6721 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ipxe-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel >> >> >
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