From 756ab997fc3c149c0894d756df25b590482aa082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Nottingham Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 10:44:41 -0500 Subject: Document how this is supposed to work. --- event.d/serial | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'event.d') diff --git a/event.d/serial b/event.d/serial index 6869090e..f70d5372 100644 --- a/event.d/serial +++ b/event.d/serial @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +# 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 ' 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] -- cgit v1.2.1