On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 01:08:24AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: >On 19/01/19 5:27 PM, Wookey wrote: >> This problem doesn't arise on x86 where there is 'always' a screen (or >> some BIOs magic to reflect what would be on the screen to serial). > >Is that true? I'm sure the Soekris box I've got (in storage) >(admittedly, probably not a supported cpu any more) only has serial. And >only server-class machines generally do the redirection, don't they? >There are plenty of use cases for a headless machine that doesn't need >to be expensive, where serial would be useful and a screen inconvenient. > >Is there a disadvantage to doing the same thing on all arches?
Good question! :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control.
