[gull] motherboard with serial console BIOS

[Erik Rossen]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 12:18:25PM +0100, Yann Lehmann wrote:
> Erik Rossen wrote:
> > Perhaps I should add the following to my wishlist:
> >
> > 3. Available.
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> Or may be try a PCI add-on card (OS and hardware independent) which offers
> redirection of keyboard, mouse and video via TCP/IP over Ethernet. Some also
> offer redirection over modem, and may be serial.

The point is that it should *not* be necessary to add hardware to
support a remote console.  Almost every PC motherboard already has all
of the necessary hardware onboard.  It is just the stupid BIOS that is
missing the functionality.  If I could replace the BIOS with Linux, my
problem would be solved.

The way I figure it is that if a motherboard manufacturer is intelligent
enough to include remote console functionality in their BIOS (or if the
LinuxBIOS project already works on a board) the board is probably
well-supported by Linux.

> Peppercon has some models.

I will look them up, but what I am really looking for is a server
motherboard that:

1. has a remote console
2. is well-supported by vanilla Linux
3. is available

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