> Do others think that this is a good idea?

Yes, but I thought I remembered a compile time option to set console to serial 
instead of video.  I haven't had to change any console settings in a long 
time, so I don't remember if that still works.
I don't have easy access to a machine with current RTEMS source at this 
minute, but in 4.0 there were some places you could change the console setting 
in libbsp/i386/pc386/console/console.c.

Maybe a compile time configuration setting would be enough?  You could put it 
the same place you set up the device driver tables.

Even if you decide you really need autodetect for some reason, it would be 
nice to have a compile time force, so that you could, for example, force a 
machine with a built in VGA adapter to use serial port for console.

-- Chris Caudle




