Any way to get a USB-Serial adapter to work at boot time for console redirection?

[Thomas Cameron]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:31:10PM -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote:
>  > All -
>  > 
>  > I have a USB to serial adapter that works great as /dev/ttyUSB0 after my 
>  > FC5 system is up and running.  I need it to work at boot time via 
>  > grub.conf.  I tried adding console=ttyUSB0,9600 to the kernel line of 
>  > grub.conf but it does not work.
>  > 
>  > Anyone know how to get this device to work at boot time?
>
> The USB layer initialises really late in the bootstrap, even if
> it's all compiled in rather than modular.  With more and more laptops
> lacking serial ports, it's a shame, as it'd help diagnose a number of
> problems.
>
> 		Dave

Thanks Dave. I was thinking of doing a custom initrd, but even that 
sounds like a non-starter, eh?

I guess I need to take the null-modem cable and USB-serial adapter back 
then... I am trying like heck to get good info on BZ 185229 and just not 
having much luck.

Thanks!
Thomas