From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yh0-x22b.google.com (mail-yh0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::22b]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C791A1EF718 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:05:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-yh0-f43.google.com with SMTP id f43so255513yha.30 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:05:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=s46RLR4dkzTGZbvOCQoEFbRJUVXcpnRSm1PrP+DsRS0=; b=E136V1A6mmzdgJ6QUgn6JwjWr0S9ZpDofOv7j+E6sThYTnssveo8Dz1EJW8Y4VnHjy ZmiEZeU26TM89ReY4//0v1dMu1WBIpbxp4vYiTKjopB3oBqXpaIRTGneMY3eKgglhxmI CMcwznQpGnKXhQFUDDkDxthiYTaYesc8RX5XWOw9sfOlJyFWS/S7ib7+VHkEGBIh2H2r Lih/VWMprn95tuzjlvD/KI50Xkgl9aTUMi9LhZ4m332IRcWnB6NLgkNGqyQ4ER5Y8Rj3 AElD0FvdW72JZvvXMPEolQ2e7kZhqLsbfrQzavT8ZHXTtEWEu3XJk47Oea6JvtzZGA42 rMgw== X-Received: by 10.236.127.197 with SMTP id d45mr6883370yhi.105.1364753133976; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linux1 (cpe-76-187-91-128.tx.res.rr.com. [76.187.91.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 30sm20345105yhb.6.2013.03.31.11.05.31 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:05:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by linux1 (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:05:30 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:05:30 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speakup Issues Message-ID: <20130331180530.GB21652@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20130329215924.GA14887@linux1> <2F4BFCBC-FE94-4125-BCBC-95656D1B5B23@math.wisc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2F4BFCBC-FE94-4125-BCBC-95656D1B5B23@math.wisc.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:05:39 -0000 On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 04:34:23PM -0500, John G. Heim wrote: > How does a serial console work? If you can configure a serial console, > why can't you configure a serial speech synthesizer? Or does the kernel > team have problems with serial consoles too? I haven't looked at this code in a long time, but I do remember that it is unsuitable for speakup. > How does a serial terminal work? Serial terminals are completely different; they are handled in user space, by getty, much later in the boot process. William