Re: [Etherboot-developers] ANSI/GFX vs SERIAL/DUAL consoles
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From: <ke...@us...> - 2001-06-30 21:08:12
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>Users should be able to choose dual console "safely", - no ANSI gunk in >the wrong place - without needing to tweak the compilation image or >server configuration for one or other. So, as Etherboot interprets the >GFX/ANSI gunk, the Right Thing is to *always* interpret the ANSI, >generate output only for the video, and ignore it for the serial line, >or at least use minimal formatting. Clearing the video screen might >produce no more than a newline or page break in the serial output so Yes, I'd say that's an excellent goal. >that the following text is neat. While I'm about it, I also want to >suppress the "rotating line" progress indicator. Yes, it's cute, it's >traditional, but a row of dots does the job, and doesn't clog up log And a row of dots is probably more useful in giving an idea of progress. >files with non-printable gunk. For completeness, it would be great to >get mknbi and loader.S messages down the serial as well. A good goal, but not so important as there are very few messages from this stage. Go for it. |