[Gllug] Hardware giveaway!

[Karanbir Singh]

On 07/28/2009 03:52 PM, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Most x86 server rack mount units have proper serial consoles, even for the bios.
> It is a shame that normal PCs don't do the same. I should have been easy enough.

Most x86 serial con support I've seen is just a redirection with mostly 
no smarts at all,eg. powercycle a 'hung' machine is out of the question 
since the con has no mechanism to trap signals.

Although, one might argue that this directly maps back to the legacy of 
what and how the bios stuff works on these machines.

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