Re: [PATCH] Make serial console more friendly

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 05:21:18PM +0200, Klaus Naumann wrote:

> after a long time of being busy and absent from Linux/MIPS
> I got around hacking a bit again.
> Attached is what came out of this. The patch will make it possible
> to use any (supported!) speed for the serial console.
> How to use: Apply against any recent 2.4 cvs kernel, compile. 
> In the PROM command monitor type "setenv dbaud 38400" (now you probably
> need to change the serial setup of your client, i.e. minicom) and boot the
> kernel.
> If you're getting strange chars at the login prompt you need
> to change your getty config.
> 
> Ralf: Can you please check and apply the patch ? Thanks !
> (There are also some small code beautifications in the patch)

Applied.

  Ralf