[coreboot] Alternate for serial port debug messages

[Vikram Narayanan]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Andrew Goodbody
<andrew.goodbody at tadpole.com> wrote:
> Vikram Narayanan wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Andrew Goodbody
>>> <andrew.goodbody at tadpole.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Vikram Narayanan wrote:
>>
>> ok. I am planning to buy one. Please share your thoughs on which one to
>> buy.
>
> NET20DC, it is the simplest, the cheapest by far and will work.
>
>> In the links(in wiki page), it is mentioned that,
>> === from the link (http://www.ajaystech.com/net20dc.htm)
>> System Requirements
>>
>>    Target Computer: Windows Vista and later OS
>>    Host Computer: Windows 2000 and later OS
>> ===
>> Does this mean anything? or this stuff can also be used for boot time
>> debugging (coreboot) ?
>
> It is only relevant for debugging Windows using the kernel debugger, as that
> is not what you are doing you can ignore those requirements.
> As for debugging coreboot I believe that it is supposed to work but I have
> not tried it myself so cannot tell you how functional the support actually
> is.
>
> Andrew
>
What should be done to get the debug messages via an USB-serial.?

How complex is that stuff?

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Thanks,
Vikram