Re: question about pty, agetty for an intermediate virtual server image

[myglc2]

On 04/01/2017 at 16:29 Leo Famulari writes:

> On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 07:27:40AM +0000, ng0 wrote:
>> Leo Famulari transcribed 2.8K bytes:
>> > And you will probably want a non-graphical GRUB menu as well (this
>> > should be parameterized eventually...):
>> 
>> Yeah, that would be useful as it is not uncommon for servers.
>
> Here's a patch that works in my tests:
>
> https://bugs.gnu.org/26334

Hi Leo,

I gather you are focused on KVM deployment, so this may be off-
topic. But FWIW, the patch that I use to run GRUB menus both locally on
the console and over IPMI SOL (serial over LAN) on an headless ASRock
server (MT-c224 w/ ASPEED 2300 BMC controller) is attached below.

The important point is that 'terminal_output console' displays grub
menus on _both_ the local console and via serial ... but ... grub does
not receive the serial inputs ... unless ... 'terminal_input serial
console' is also specified.

I don't recall the exact rationale for 'serial --unit=0 --speed=115200',
but I am pretty sure it was needed. I can check on that if you like.

So... it would sure be "nice" if you could expand your patch to also
support this use case.

Best, George

diff --git a/gnu/system/grub.scm b/gnu/system/grub.scm
index 4f9bde6a6..8199f6f0b 100644
--- a/gnu/system/grub.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/grub.scm
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ system string---e.g., \"x86_64-linux\"."
     insmod vga
   fi
 
-  terminal_output gfxterm
+  serial --unit=0 --speed=115200
+  terminal_input serial console; terminal_output console
 "
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