From a86627cffa8a6c1e196d85d8db869c2c3d48e1ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ross Burton Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:59:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] systemd-serialgetty: add comments explaining use Add some comments to clarify exactly what this recipe is for. (From OE-Core rev: bbaafe11189b4b14ab84576e5eddd709b7f0ef1b) Signed-off-by: Ross Burton Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb index 9035b8c335..7b525b10f0 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb +++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ -SUMMARY = "Serial terminal support for systemd" +SUMMARY = "Serial terminal support for systemd (using SERIAL_CONSOLES)" HOMEPAGE = "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/" LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later" LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/GPL-2.0-only;md5=801f80980d171dd6425610833a22dbe6" +# Note that this recipe explicitly creates a serial-getty@ service for every tty +# in SERIAL_CONSOLES. This is typically not always needed with systemd as it +# will probe at boot and generate getty instances for any active consoles as +# required. This recipe (enabled via disabling serial-getty-generator in systemd) +# should only be used if the generator is not appropriate. SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0" SERIAL_TERM ?= "linux"