commit 42e04f36f5f8eea0017915bb35e56ee285b394d7 Merge: 7c6296db 940fede7 Author: Johannes Meixner Date: Tue Jan 31 13:13:56 2023 +0100 Merge pull request #2915 from rear/jsmeix-serial-devs-fail-safe In lib/serial-functions.sh make the get_serial_console_devices() function fail-safe if no serial device node exists, see https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/2914 diff --git a/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh b/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh index aac5dc88..3d421b52 100644 --- a/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh +++ b/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh @@ -1,13 +1,24 @@ # Get available serial devices: function get_serial_console_devices () { - test "$SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES" && echo $SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES || ls /dev/ttyS[0-9]* /dev/hvsi[0-9]* | sort + # Via SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES the user specifies which ones to use (and no others): + if test "$SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES" ; then + echo $SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES + return 0 + fi + # Test if there is /dev/ttyS[0-9]* or /dev/hvsi[0-9]* + # because when there is neither /dev/ttyS[0-9]* nor /dev/hvsi[0-9]* + # the ls command below would become plain 'ls' because of 'nullglob' + # cf. "Beware of the emptiness" in https://github.com/rear/rear/wiki/Coding-Style + # see https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/2914#issuecomment-1396659184 + # and return 0 because it is no error when no serial device node exists + test "$( echo -n /dev/ttyS[0-9]* /dev/hvsi[0-9]* )" || return 0 # Use plain 'sort' which results /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS10 ... /dev/ttyS19 /dev/ttyS2 /dev/ttyS20 ... # to get at least /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1 before the other /dev/ttyS* devices because # we cannot use "sort -V" which would result /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 ... /dev/ttyS9 /dev/ttyS10 ... # because in older Linux distributions 'sort' does not support '-V' e.g. SLES10 with GNU coreutils 5.93 # (SLES11 with GNU coreutils 8.12 supports 'sort -V') but if 'sort' fails there is no output at all - # cf. "Maintain backward compatibility" at https://github.com/rear/rear/wiki/Coding-Style + # cf. "Maintain backward compatibility" in https://github.com/rear/rear/wiki/Coding-Style # Furthermore 'sort' results that /dev/hvsi* devices appear before /dev/ttyS* devices # so the create_grub2_serial_entry function in lib/bootloader-functions.sh # which uses by default the first one and skips the rest will result that @@ -16,7 +27,8 @@ function get_serial_console_devices () { # that have the HVSI driver loaded (a console driver for IBM's p5 servers) # cf. https://lwn.net/Articles/98442/ # and it seems right that when special console drivers are loaded - # then their devices should be preferred by default. + # then their devices should be preferred by default: + ls /dev/ttyS[0-9]* /dev/hvsi[0-9]* | sort } # Get the serial device speed for those device nodes that belong to actual serial devices. commit 07da02143b5597b202e66c187e53103561018255 Merge: 91942f63 75a23e79 Author: Johannes Meixner Date: Fri Oct 20 14:45:23 2023 +0200 Merge pull request #2961 from rear/jsmeix-copy-serial-console For the automated serial console setup for the recovery system use only the 'console=...' kernel arguments from the original system which fixes https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/2843 and it means that no longer all "real serial devices" get auto-enabled as serial consoles in the recovery system, see https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/2749#issuecomment-1196650631 That new default behaviour is described in default.conf. In particular prep/GNU/Linux/200_include_serial_console.sh and lib/serial-functions.sh were overhauled which results that rescue/GNU/Linux/400_use_serial_console.sh is obsolete. Cherry-picked-by: Lukáš Zaoral diff --git a/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf b/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf index ec1691b6..76355fb8 100644 --- a/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf +++ b/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf @@ -3320,39 +3320,90 @@ SIMPLIFY_TEAMING=no SIMPLIFY_TEAMING=no # Serial console support for the ReaR rescue/recovery system: -# By default serial consoles get enabled if serial devices are found and -# then matching kernel command line parameters like 'console=ttyS0,9600 console=ttyS1,9600' -# are set when booting the rescue/recovery system (see KERNEL_CMDLINE above). # IA64 platforms require it and people need it when no VGA console is available. -# Specify 'yes' or 'no' or leave it empty to use ReaR's automatism: +# By default there is serial console support in the ReaR recovery system +# when 'getty' or 'agetty' and 'stty' can be found, +# otherwise USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is automatically set to 'no'. +# When 'getty' or 'agetty' and 'stty' can be found +# and there is a 'console=...' option in /proc/cmdline, +# then USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is automatically set to 'yes'. +# With USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="no" no serial console gets set up, +# neither for the recovery system kernel nor for the recovery system bootloader. +# With USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="yes" plus appropriate SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE... settings +# serial consoles can be specified for the recovery system kernel and bootloader +# for example when there is no 'console=...' option in /proc/cmdline +# or when serial consoles for the recovery system kernel and bootloader +# should differ from what 'console=...' options in /proc/cmdline tell. +# By default (when empty) the automatism further described below is used: USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE= -# If you do not want to use all serial devices found as console you can specify the ones to use -# e.g. SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES="/dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1" provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is turned on. -# By default (when empty) all serial devices found are used: +# +# Devices to be used in general for serial console setup +# unless explicitly specified via SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL +# or SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_SYSLINUX or SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_GRUB: +# E.g. SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES="/dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1" SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES= -# Serial consoles for the kernel of the recovery system: +# +# Serial consoles for the kernel of the recovery system +# provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not 'no': # SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL can be device nodes like "/dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1" # or 'console=...' kernel parameters like "console=ttyS1,9600 console=tty0" or both like # SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL="/dev/ttyS0 console=ttyS1,9600 console=tty0" -# provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is turned on. -# By default (when empty) the SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES are used for the kernel: +# When SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL is empty but SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES is specified +# then the specified SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES are used for the kernel. +# By default (when SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL and SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES are empty) +# serial consoles get enabled for the recovery system kernel via COPY_KERNEL_PARAMETERS +# for all 'console=...' options that are found in /proc/cmdline. SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL= -# Serial console for SYSLINUX/EXTLINUX when it is used as bootloader for the recovery system: +# +# Serial console for SYSLINUX/EXTLINUX when it is used as bootloader for the recovery system +# provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is 'yes' (automatically with 'console=...' in /proc/cmdline): # SYSLINUX supports only one serial device (because the last SYSLINUX 'serial' directive wins). # The right /dev/ttyS* can be specified like SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_SYSLINUX="/dev/ttyS0" # or a whole SYSLINUX 'serial' directive can be specified e.g. for /dev/ttyS1 like # SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_SYSLINUX="serial 1 9600" -# provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is turned on. -# By default (when empty) the first one of SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES is used for SYSLINUX: +# When SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_SYSLINUX is empty but SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES is specified +# then the first one of SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES is used for SYSLINUX. +# By default (when SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_SYSLINUX and SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES are empty) +# the devices of the 'console=...' options in /proc/cmdline +# that exist as /dev/ttyS* or /dev/hvsi* character device nodes are used +# (which excludes /dev/tty0 when there is 'console=tty0' in /proc/cmdline). SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_SYSLINUX= -# Serial console for GRUB when it is used as bootloader for the recovery system: +# +# Serial console for GRUB when it is used as bootloader for the recovery system +# provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is 'yes' (automatically with 'console=...' in /proc/cmdline): # GRUB supports only one serial device (because the last GRUB 'serial' command wins). # The right /dev/ttyS* can be specified like SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_GRUB="/dev/ttyS0" # or a whole GRUB 'serial' command can be specified e.g. for /dev/ttyS1 like # SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_GRUB="serial --unit=1 --speed=9600" -# provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is turned on. -# By default (when empty) the first one of SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES is used for GRUB: +# When SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_GRUB is empty but SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES is specified +# then the first one of SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES is used for GRUB. +# By default (when SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_GRUB and SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES are empty) +# the devices of the 'console=...' options in /proc/cmdline +# that exist as /dev/ttyS* or /dev/hvsi* character device nodes are used +# (which excludes /dev/tty0 when there is 'console=tty0' in /proc/cmdline). SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_GRUB= +# +# Examples +# (provided USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not 'no' +# and 'getty' or 'agetty' and 'stty' can be found): +# +# Default behaviour +# when there is no 'console=...' option in /proc/cmdline +# then no serial console is set up for the recovery system. +# +# Default behaviour when there are for example +# 'console=ttyS0,9600' and 'console=tty0' in /proc/cmdline +# then 'console=ttyS0,9600' and 'console=tty0' +# are used for the recovery system kernel +# and only /dev/ttyS0 is used as serial console +# for the recovery system bootloader (SYSLINUX or GRUB). +# +# On a headless machine without VGA card but with serial device /dev/ttyS0 +# the kernel would choose /dev/ttyS0 as its console automatically +# so no 'console=...' kernel option needs to be used and then the automatism described above +# would not set up a console for the recovery system (in particular not for the bootloader). +# In this case USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="yes" and appropriate SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE... settings +# are needed to manually specify the right console setup for the recovery system. # Say "y", "Yes", etc, to enable or "n", "No" etc. to disable the DHCP client protocol or leave empty to autodetect. # When enabled, lets the rescue/recovery system run dhclient to get an IP address # instead of using the same IP address as the original system: diff --git a/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh b/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh index 3d421b52..a586d357 100644 --- a/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh +++ b/usr/share/rear/lib/serial-functions.sh @@ -6,29 +6,34 @@ function get_serial_console_devices () { echo $SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES return 0 fi - # Test if there is /dev/ttyS[0-9]* or /dev/hvsi[0-9]* - # because when there is neither /dev/ttyS[0-9]* nor /dev/hvsi[0-9]* - # the ls command below would become plain 'ls' because of 'nullglob' - # cf. "Beware of the emptiness" in https://github.com/rear/rear/wiki/Coding-Style - # see https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/2914#issuecomment-1396659184 - # and return 0 because it is no error when no serial device node exists - test "$( echo -n /dev/ttyS[0-9]* /dev/hvsi[0-9]* )" || return 0 - # Use plain 'sort' which results /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS10 ... /dev/ttyS19 /dev/ttyS2 /dev/ttyS20 ... - # to get at least /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1 before the other /dev/ttyS* devices because - # we cannot use "sort -V" which would result /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 ... /dev/ttyS9 /dev/ttyS10 ... - # because in older Linux distributions 'sort' does not support '-V' e.g. SLES10 with GNU coreutils 5.93 - # (SLES11 with GNU coreutils 8.12 supports 'sort -V') but if 'sort' fails there is no output at all - # cf. "Maintain backward compatibility" in https://github.com/rear/rear/wiki/Coding-Style - # Furthermore 'sort' results that /dev/hvsi* devices appear before /dev/ttyS* devices - # so the create_grub2_serial_entry function in lib/bootloader-functions.sh - # which uses by default the first one and skips the rest will result that - # the first /dev/hvsi* device becomes used for the GRUB serial console by default - # which looks right because /dev/hvsi* devices should exist only on systems - # that have the HVSI driver loaded (a console driver for IBM's p5 servers) - # cf. https://lwn.net/Articles/98442/ - # and it seems right that when special console drivers are loaded - # then their devices should be preferred by default: - ls /dev/ttyS[0-9]* /dev/hvsi[0-9]* | sort + # Scan the kernel command line of the currently running original system + # for 'console=[,]' settings e.g. 'console=ttyS1,9600n8 ... console=ttyS3 ... console=tty0' + # and extract the specified serial device nodes e.g. ttyS1 -> /dev/ttyS1 ... ttyS3 -> /dev/ttyS3 + local kernel_option console_option_value console_option_device + for kernel_option in $( cat /proc/cmdline ) ; do + # Continue with next kernel option when the option name (part before leftmost "=") is not 'console': + test "${kernel_option%%=*}" = "console" || continue + # Get the console option value (part after leftmost "=") e.g. 'ttyS1,9600n8' 'ttyS3' 'tty0' + console_option_value="${kernel_option#*=}" + # Get the console option device (part before leftmost optional ',' separator) e.g. 'ttyS1' 'ttyS3' 'tty0' + console_option_device="${console_option_value%%,*}" + # Continue with next kernel option when the current console option device is no serial device (exclude 'tty0'). + # The special /dev/hvsi* devices should exist only on systems that have the HVSI driver loaded + # (a console driver for IBM's p5 servers) cf. https://lwn.net/Articles/98442/ + [[ $console_option_device == ttyS* ]] || [[ $console_option_device == hvsi* ]] || continue + # Test that the matching serial device node e.g. ttyS1 -> /dev/ttyS1 and ttyS3 -> /dev/ttyS3' exists + # to avoid that this automated serial console setup may not work in the ReaR recovery system + # when serial device nodes get specified for the recovery system that do not exist + # in the currently running original system because the default assumption is + # that the replacement system has same hardware as the original system, + # cf. https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/2749#issuecomment-1196650631 + # (if needed the user can specify what he wants via SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES, see above): + if ! test -c "/dev/$console_option_device" ; then + LogPrintError "Found '$kernel_option' in /proc/cmdline but '/dev/$console_option_device' is no character device" + continue + fi + echo /dev/$console_option_device + done } # Get the serial device speed for those device nodes that belong to actual serial devices. @@ -39,64 +44,15 @@ function get_serial_device_speed () { # Run it in a subshell so that 'set -o pipefail' does not affect the current shell and # it can run in a subshell because the caller of this function only needs its stdout # cf. the function get_root_disk_UUID in lib/bootloader-functions.sh - # so when stty fails the get_serial_device_speed return code is the stty exit code and not the awk exit code - # therefore one can call get_serial_device_speed with error checking for example like + # so when stty fails the get_serial_device_speed return code is the stty exit code and not the awk exit code. + # Therefore one can call get_serial_device_speed with error checking for example like # speed=$( get_serial_device_speed $serial_device ) && COMMAND_WITH_speed || COMMAND_WITHOUT_speed - # because the return code of variable=$( PIPE ) is the return code of the pipe, - # cf. how get_serial_device_speed is called in cmdline_add_console below. + # because the return code of variable=$( PIPE ) is the return code of the pipe + # cf. how get_serial_device_speed is called in lib/bootloader-functions.sh + # and output/USB/Linux-i386/300_create_extlinux.sh # Suppress stty stderr output because for most /dev/ttyS* device nodes the result is # stty: /dev/ttyS...: Input/output error # when the device node does not belong to an actual serial device (i.e. to real serial hardware) # so get_serial_device_speed is also used to get those device nodes that belong to real serial devices: ( set -o pipefail ; stty -F $devnode 2>/dev/null | awk '/^speed / { print $2 }' ) } - -# Add serial console to kernel cmdline: -function cmdline_add_console { - # Nothing to do when using serial console is not wanted: - is_true "$USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE" || return 0 - - # Strip existing 'console=...' kernel cmd parameters: - local param cmdline="" - for param in $KERNEL_CMDLINE ; do - case "$param" in - (console=*) ;; - (*) cmdline+=" $param";; - esac - done - - # Add serial console config to kernel cmd line: - local devnode speed="" - if test "$SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL" ; then - # When the user has specified SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL use only that (no automatisms): - for devnode in $SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL ; do - # devnode can be a character device node like "/dev/ttyS0" or "/dev/lp0" or "/dev/ttyUSB0" - # cf. https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/serial-console.html - # or devnode can be a 'console=...' kernel cmd parameter like "console=ttyS1,9600" - if test -c "$devnode" ; then - if speed=$( get_serial_device_speed $devnode ) ; then - cmdline+=" console=${devnode##/dev/},$speed" - else - cmdline+=" console=${devnode##/dev/}" - fi - else - # When devnode is a 'console=...' kernel cmd parameter use it as specified: - cmdline+=" $devnode" - fi - done - else - local real_consoles="" - for devnode in $( get_serial_console_devices ) ; do - # Only add for those device nodes that belong to actual serial devices: - speed=$( get_serial_device_speed $devnode ) && real_consoles+=" console=${devnode##/dev/},$speed" - done - cmdline+=" $real_consoles" - - # Add fallback console if no real serial device was found: - test "$real_consoles" || cmdline+=" console=tty0" - fi - - # Have a trailing space to be on the safe side - # so that more kernel cmd parameters could be "just appended" by other scripts: - echo "$cmdline " -} diff --git a/usr/share/rear/prep/GNU/Linux/200_include_serial_console.sh b/usr/share/rear/prep/GNU/Linux/200_include_serial_console.sh index 214af3c4..14ec113e 100644 --- a/usr/share/rear/prep/GNU/Linux/200_include_serial_console.sh +++ b/usr/share/rear/prep/GNU/Linux/200_include_serial_console.sh @@ -1,31 +1,115 @@ -# If possible auto-enable serial console when not specified: -if [[ -z "$USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE" ]] ; then - local devnode speed="" - for devnode in $( get_serial_console_devices ) ; do - # Enable serial console when there is at least one real serial device: - if speed=$( get_serial_device_speed $devnode ) ; then - USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="yes" - break - fi - done -fi +# This script prep/GNU/Linux/200_include_serial_console.sh +# is the first ...console... script that is run for "rear mkrescue/mkbackup". +# +# When USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is empty then this script decides +# if USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is kept empty +# or (provided there is sufficient reason) +# it sets USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE to 'no' or 'yes'. +# It sets USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE to 'no' +# when serial consoles cannot work in the recovery system. +# It sets USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE to 'yes' +# when a serial console will be set up for the recovery system kernel. +# Only when a serial console will be actually set up for the recovery system kernel, +# then it makes sense to also set up a serial console for the recovery system bootloader. +# So serial console setup for the recovery system bootloader is only done if USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="yes" +# because an empty USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE must not result serial console setup for the recovery system bootloader +# (without actual serial console setup for the recovery system kernel). -# Always include getty or agetty as we don't know in advance whether they are needed +# Always try to include getty or agetty as we do not know in advance whether they are needed # (the user may boot the recovery system with manually specified kernel options # to get serial console support in his recovery system). -# For serial support we need to include the agetty binary, -# but Debian distro's use getty instead of agetty: -local getty_binary="" +# For serial console support we need to include 'getty' or 'agetty'. +# Debian distributions (in particular Ubuntu) use 'getty'. +# Fedora, RHEL, SLES,... use 'agetty'. if has_binary getty ; then - # Debian, Ubuntu,... - getty_binary="getty" + PROGS+=( getty ) elif has_binary agetty ; then - # Fedora, RHEL, SLES,... - getty_binary="agetty" + PROGS+=( agetty ) +else + is_true "$USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE" && Error "Failed to find 'getty' or 'agetty' (USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is 'true')" + LogPrintError "No serial console support (failed to find 'getty' or 'agetty')" + USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="no" +fi + +# Also try to include 'stty' which is (currently) only needed for serial console support +# in skel/default/etc/scripts/system-setup.d/45-serial-console.sh +# and lib/serial-functions.sh +if has_binary stty ; then + PROGS+=( stty ) else - # The user must have the programs in REQUIRED_PROGS installed on his system: - Error "Failed to find 'getty' or 'agetty' for serial console" + is_true "$USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE" && Error "Failed to find 'stty' (USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is 'true')" + LogPrintError "No serial console support (failed to find 'stty')" + USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="no" fi -REQUIRED_PROGS+=( "$getty_binary" stty ) +# Auto-enable serial console support for the recovery system +# provided console support is not impossible because there is no getty or agetty and stty +# and unless the user specified to not have serial console support: +is_false "$USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE" && return 0 + +# When the user has specified SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL use only that, +# otherwise use SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES if the user has specified it: +local serial_console_devices="" +test "$SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES" && serial_console_devices="$SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES" +test "$SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL" && serial_console_devices="$SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL" +if test "$serial_console_devices" ; then + local serial_console speed="" cmdline_add_console="" + for serial_console in $serial_console_devices ; do + # serial_console can be a character device node like "/dev/ttyS0" or "/dev/lp0" or "/dev/ttyUSB0" + # cf. https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/serial-console.html + # or serial_console can be a 'console=...' kernel cmd parameter like "console=ttyS1,9600" + if test -c "$serial_console" ; then + if speed=$( get_serial_device_speed $serial_console ) ; then + cmdline_add_console+=" console=${serial_console##/dev/},$speed" + else + cmdline_add_console+=" console=${serial_console##/dev/}" + fi + else + # When serial_console is not a character device + # it should be a 'console=...' kernel cmd parameter + # that is used as specified ("final power to the user"): + cmdline_add_console+=" $serial_console" + fi + done + if test "$cmdline_add_console" ; then + KERNEL_CMDLINE+="$cmdline_add_console" + DebugPrint "Appended '$cmdline_add_console' to KERNEL_CMDLINE" + USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="yes" + # No further automatisms when a 'console=...' kernel cmd parameter was set + # via SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL or SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES: + return + fi + LogPrintError "SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL or SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES specified but none is a character device" +fi + +# Auto-enable serial console support for the recovery system kernel: +# The below auto-enable serial console support for the recovery system kernel +# does not auto-enable serial console support for the recovery system bootloader. +# Currently auto-enable serial console support for the recovery system bootloader +# happens for the first real serial device from get_serial_console_devices() +# in lib/bootloader-functions.sh in make_syslinux_config() and create_grub2_cfg() +# and in output/USB/Linux-i386/300_create_extlinux.sh +# The auto-enable serial console support for the recovery system bootloader should be +# auto-aligned with the auto-enable serial console support for the recovery system kernel. +# Things are auto-aligned when the first 'console=...' device in /proc/cmdline +# is also the first real serial device from get_serial_console_devices(). +# When current auto-alignment does not result what the user needs, what is needed can be specified +# via SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICES_KERNEL and SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_SYSLINUX or SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEVICE_GRUB. + +# Scan the kernel command line of the currently running original system +# and auto-enable serial console for the recovery system kernel +# only if there is at least one 'console=...' option: +local kernel_option +for kernel_option in $( cat /proc/cmdline ) ; do + # Get the kernel option name (part before leftmost "="): + if test "${kernel_option%%=*}" = "console" ; then + USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE="yes" + # Get all 'console=...' kernel command line options + # copied from the currently running original system + # via rescue/GNU/Linux/290_kernel_cmdline.sh that runs later: + COPY_KERNEL_PARAMETERS+=( console ) + return + fi +done +DebugPrint "No 'console=...' setting for recovery system kernel (none in /proc/cmdline)" diff --git a/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/400_use_serial_console.sh b/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/400_use_serial_console.sh deleted file mode 100644 index fc935844..00000000 --- a/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/400_use_serial_console.sh +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ - -# Nothing to do when using serial console is not wanted: -is_true "$USE_SERIAL_CONSOLE" || return 0 - -KERNEL_CMDLINE=$( cmdline_add_console ) -Log "Modified kernel commandline to: '$KERNEL_CMDLINE'"