Re: need terminfo for serial console?

[Dr. Tilmann Bubeck]

OK, I will start with this and release a patch. Then we could see, if it is
too much overhead. I will try to keep the whole thing simple.

Till

--- Christoph Plattner <address@hidden> wrote:
> This is my opinion, too !!
> 
> If we really add here an extension, then my favourite is a
> `stty' command (common for all TTY including virtual VGA/keyboard)
> with (of course) a reduced functionality.
> 
> But, again, may be it is an overhead (or better overkill) at all ...
> 
> With friendly regards
> Christoph P.
> 
> 
> 
> Mario Klebsch wrote:
> > 
> > Hi everybody!
> > 
> > Am Montag den, 29. April 2002, um 02:49, schrieb Yoshinori K. Okuji:
> > 
> > > At Sun, 28 Apr 2002 20:50:56 +0200,
> > > Dr.Tilmann Bubeck <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >> Are you (the project coordinators) interested in getting a patch for
> > >> grub
> > >> to read terminfo files on harddisk, therefore enabling it to use any
> > >> terminal emulation?
> > >
> > > If that could make the code more spaghetti-like, I wouldn't be
> > > interested in that. Also, I wonder how many people would benefit from
> > > that.
> > 
> > I would suggest to not add code to read termcap but to add a command for
> > menu.lst, which can set the control sequences to control a terminal
> > attached. It would give the functionality needed to everybody using a
> > non standard terminal without adding too much overhead to grub.
> > 
> > 73, Mario
> > 
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