[haiku-development] Re: No serial port...
- From: scottmc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Haiku Inc. mailing list" <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:35:44 -0800
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Pete Goodeve <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I suppose if my laptop has no serial port, there's no way of
> getting at the kernel debugger from outside? I happened
> across a USB-Serial converter in a thrift store yesterday, so
> I grabbed it in a hopeful glow that it might allow a KDL connection,
> but I quickly found it doesn't. (Works fine as a normal serial port.)
>
> I'm not missing anything am I? (What I really want is a way of
> recording the dialog for debug reports.)
>
> -- Pete --
>
>
See 2474 and 1504 . If/when we get a driver as listed in 2474, you might
be able to remove your wifi card from you laptop and pop in a serial card.
The one I have in a mini-pci. Not sure about what newer laptops are using
and whether there is a serail card option for them or not.
-scottmc
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