[LinuxBIOS] ultra 40 linuxbios

Bari Ari bari at onelabs.com
Fri Jul 21 02:29:19 CEST 2006


Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> well, I've got this sun ultra 40, nice box, sun-designed mobo, lots of 
> clever stuff.
>
> And, for some reason, they did not put on a serial port.
>
> Thus proving that it is possible to be too clever. Oh well, now the fun 
> begins. I guess it will get worse from here on out.
>
> Please, mobo vendors, just put on the serial port. USB is not an option.
>
> ron
>
>   
The legacy of PC serial, parallel, IDE, floppy and PCI is fading away 
quickly. They were fine in their day, but slow by todays standards. They 
also used lots of board space since they were so wide.

As painful as it may be to let go. We just need to get USB support up 
for LinuxBIOS debug.

-Bari




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