Console on IA-64
Although many IA-64 machines have some kind of front-end processor, it looks like that is not used for the console under Linux. Instead, Linux talks directly to the serial port or VGA card. The front-end processor can also talk to the serial port, but this is apparently done at an electronic level; it doesn't mediate access.
posted Mon 28 Jul 2003 in /software/linux-kernel/ia64 | link
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