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CONFIG_PDC_CONSOLE: PDC software console support

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The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_PDC_CONSOLE has multiple definitions:

PDC software console support found in drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_PDC_CONSOLE:

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Saying Y here will enable the software based PDC console to be used as the system console. This is useful for machines in which the hardware based console has not been written yet. The following steps must be completed to use the PDC console:

1. create the device entry (mknod /dev/ttyB0 c 11 0) 2. Edit the /etc/inittab to start a getty listening on /dev/ttyB0 3. Add device ttyB0 to /etc/securetty (if you want to log on as root on this console.) 4. Change the kernel command console parameter to: console=ttyB0

PDC software console support found in drivers/serial/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_PDC_CONSOLE:

Help text

Saying Y here will enable the software based PDC console to be used as the system console. This is useful for machines in which the hardware based console has not been written yet. The following steps must be competed to use the PDC console:

1. create the device entry (mknod /dev/ttyB0 c 11 0) 2. Edit the /etc/inittab to start a getty listening on /dev/ttyB0 3. Add device ttyB0 to /etc/securetty (if you want to log on as root on this console.) 4. Change the kernel command console parameter to: console=ttyB0

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