[arch-releng] [PATCH] Start agetty on kernel cmdline-provided console

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

On 03/03/2011 07:53 AM, Simo Leone wrote:
> This makes interactive installations over serial consoles possible with
> nothing more than specifying the console= kernel parameter.
> ---
>   configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/rc.d/archiso |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/rc.d/archiso b/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/rc.d/archiso
> index e1b5997..15653b5 100755
> --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/rc.d/archiso
> +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/rc.d/archiso
> @@ -26,11 +26,32 @@ do_fix_perms ()
>       stat_done
>   }
>
> +# If an alternate console was specified on the kernel command line,
> +# start agetty on it too.
> +do_special_console()
> +{
> +    cmdline_console="$(kernel_cmdline console)"
> +    [ $? -ne 0 ]&&  return
> +
> +    dev="${cmdline_console%%,*}"
> +    args="${cmdline_console##*,}"
> +    baud="${args%%[neo]*}"&&  baud="${baud:-"9600"}"
> +    [ "x${args}" != "x${args%%r}" ]&&  rts="-h"
> +
> +
> +    stat_busy "Starting agetty on console: ${cmdline_console}"
> +    echo "${dev}">>  /etc/securetty
> +    echo "s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ${rts} ${baud} ${dev} linux">>  /etc/inittab
> +    /sbin/telinit q
> +    stat_done
> +}
> +
>   case "$1" in
>     start)
>       do_locale_gen
>       do_makeuser
>       do_fix_perms
> +    do_special_console
>       ;;
>   esac
>   exit 0
Pushed to master.

Not tested here.

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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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