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authorBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2008-12-09 10:44:41 -0500
committerBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2008-12-09 10:44:41 -0500
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Document how this is supposed to work.
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diff --git a/event.d/serial b/event.d/serial
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+# Automatically start a configured serial console
+#
+# How this works:
+#
+# On boot, a udev helper examines /dev/console. If a serial console is the
+# primary console (last console on the commandline in grub), the event
+# 'fedora.serial-console-available <port name> <speed>' is emitted, which
+# triggers this script. It waits for the runlevel to finish, checks to
+# make sure the proper port is in /etc/securetty, and starts the getty.
+#
+# If your serial console is not the primary console, or you want a getty
+# on serial even if it's not the console, create your own event by copying
+# /etc/event.d/tty[2-6], and changing the getty line in that file.
start on fedora.serial-console-available *
stop on runlevel [016]