From 1340b4067abb42b2f57667123f15d722e1f9957c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add optional 'make boot SERIAL=yes' to test the serial
 console.

---
 Makefile.in |  4 +++-
 README      | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index e0baf03..89e6474 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ VIRTP2V_RPM     := $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)-1.noarch.rpm
 all:
 	@echo "make rpm       Build the virt-p2v RPM"
 	@echo "make build     Build the live CD ISO"
-	@echo "make boot [HDA=hda.img] [HDB=hdb.img] [ISO=livecd.iso]"
+	@echo "make boot [HDA=hda.img] [HDB=hdb.img] [ISO=livecd.iso] [SERIAL=yes]"
 	@echo "                 Boot built/named ISO (uses qemu)"
 	@echo "make update    Update an existing live CD ISO with new"
 	@echo "                 virt-p2v script, without doing full rebuild"
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(HDB),)
 QEMU_ARGS += -hdb $(HDB)
 endif
+SERIAL    = none
+QEMU_ARGS += -serial $(SERIAL)
 
 boot:
 	$(QEMU) $(QEMU_ARGS)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 521cfb4..9801015 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -77,3 +77,13 @@ eg. from /var/lib/xen/images, to experiment with).  For example:
 
   cp /var/lib/xen/images/rhel5gax32fv.img .
   make boot HDA=rhel5gax32fv.img
+
+
+Serial console
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+With livecd-tools >= 018, the CD should enable the serial console
+(ttyS0, 9600 8N1).
+
+You can test this with:
+  make boot [...] SERIAL=yes
-- 
1.8.3.1