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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

serial

Synopsis

serial [options]

Initialize a serial device. The serial port is not used for communication unless terminal is also specified. This command is available only if GRUB was compiled with serial support.

Options

--device=device

Specify the tty device to be used in the host operating system. This option can be used only in the grub shell.

--parity=parity

Specify the parity. The possible values are no, odd, and even; the default is no.

--port=port

Specify the I/O port. The value of port overrides any value specified for --unit.

--speed=speed

Specify the transmission speed (default is 9600).

--stop=num

Specify the number of stop bits. The value of num is either 1 or 2 (default is 1).

--unit=num

Specify the serial port to use. The value of num is a number in the range 0–3; the default is 0, corresponding to COM1.

--word=num

Specify the number of data bits. The value of num is a number in the range 5–8 (default is 8).

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