# HG changeset patch
# User kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# Node ID b567eb77399f1b73910561e331de6b1d3f919302
# Parent a5830f7fd7e063dbc93505557a7856feb7f2bacf
Add 'console=xxx' to the Xen serial console section to make it obvious
that one might need to specify 'console=xxx' and not just 'comX=xxx'
if one isn't using the default com1,vga.
Signed-Off-By: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@xxxxxxxxx>
diff -r a5830f7fd7e0 -r b567eb77399f docs/src/user.tex
--- a/docs/src/user.tex Sun Feb 26 09:42:07 2006
+++ b/docs/src/user.tex Sun Feb 26 09:50:15 2006
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
allow you to monitor and log the Xen boot process via serial console and
can be very useful in debugging.
-%% kernel /boot/xen-2.0.gz dom0_mem=131072 com1=115200,8n1
+%% kernel /boot/xen-2.0.gz dom0_mem=131072 console=com1,vga com1=115200,8n1
%% module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/sda4 ro
In order to configure Xen serial console output, it is necessary to
@@ -637,8 +637,9 @@
\end{verbatim}}
\end{quote}
-This configures Xen to output on COM1 at 115,200 baud, 8 data bits, 1
-stop bit and no parity. Modify these parameters for your environment.
+This configures Xen to output on COM1 at 115,200 baud, 8 data bits, no
+parity and 1 stop bit. Modify these parameters for your environment.
+See Section~\ref{s:xboot} for an explanation of all boot parameters.
One can also configure XenLinux to share the serial console; to achieve
this append ``\path{console=ttyS0}'' to your module line.
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