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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-08-07 15:46:40 +0300
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-08-13 13:18:52 +0100
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ref-manual: Added glossary entry for SERIAL_CONSOLES variable.
Also, I changed the definition for SERIAL_CONSOLE to indicate the variable is deprecated. (From yocto-docs rev: 36c78759b406853ab36f815d741689d5719d1e0f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
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--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3627,13 +3627,28 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-
<glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLE</glossterm>
<glossdef>
- <para>The speed and device for the serial port used to attach the serial console.
- This variable is given to the kernel as the "console"
- parameter and after booting occurs <filename>getty</filename> is started on that port
- so remote login is possible.</para>
+ <para>
+ This variable is deprecated.
+ See the
+ <link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'><filename>SERIAL_CONSOLES</filename></link>
+ variable.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLES</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Defines the serial consoles (TTYs) to enable using getty.
+ Provide a value that specifies the baud rate followed by
+ the TTY device name separated by a semicolon.
+ Use spaces to separate multiple devices:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyS1"
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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