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- Uday Mullangi
January 30, 2005, 3:08 pm

Hi,
I have a question...During the linux boot up..we see prints when the
corresponding driver is loaded talling [OK]..else [FAILED]..
How the prints are diverted to the monitor...
Does Linux treat monitor as a file in /dev/ directory ..If so ..what is it?
Actually my card do not have a monitor so i need to divert those prints to
the UART..
Appreciate any suggestions
Thanks
Uday
I have a question...During the linux boot up..we see prints when the
corresponding driver is loaded talling [OK]..else [FAILED]..
How the prints are diverted to the monitor...
Does Linux treat monitor as a file in /dev/ directory ..If so ..what is it?
Actually my card do not have a monitor so i need to divert those prints to
the UART..
Appreciate any suggestions
Thanks
Uday

Re: prints..while boot up

You could add console=/dev/ttyS? option to init during boot-time as kernel
parameter.
I think there is also CONFIG_SERIAL and CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE option you
could change (make it =y) and recompile the kernel.
Once you have your messages directed to serial port, use something like
minicom to view.
hth
-siddharth
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