Bug 1302005

Summary:	documentation lacks informations about serial console support
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Karel Volný <kvolny>
Component:	memtest86+	Assignee:	Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
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Version:	6.7
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Fixed In Version:	memtest86+-5.01-2.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Previously there was no distribution specific documentation shipped together with the memtest86+. Consequence: It could be hard for users to find information about new features and how to use them on RHEL. Fix: Distribution specific README file was added to the memtest86+ package which describes new features and RHEL specific usage. Result: Now the distribution specific documentation is available in README file.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2016-05-11 00:32:07 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Karel Volný 2016-01-26 14:07:08 UTC

Description of problem:
I haven't found any information how to setup memtest86+ to use the serial console. The README mentions that it needs to be enabled before compilation, but doesn't give any clue how to activate/configure the serial console on boot.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
memtest86+-5.01-1.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. examine /usr/share/doc/memtest86+-5.01/README
2. try to find any other relevant documentation for the package (man pages etc.)

Actual results:
1. no mention how to configure serial parameters on grub commandline
2. none found

Expected results:
1. information that you have to add something like "console=ttyS4,115200n8" on kernel line in grub
2. manpage for memtest86+ exists, explaining usage in RHEL (e.g. the grub line added by memtest-setup is different from what is in README, why, what is this elf-memtest86 thing about etc.)

Additional info:

Comment 2 Jaroslav Škarvada 2016-01-26 14:26:14 UTC

There is currently no memtest86+ manual page, we could add one for better user experience.

Comment 3 Jaroslav Škarvada 2016-02-12 13:47:40 UTC

Adding README.dist instead of manual page, because the distro specific manual page would hardly fit any manual section (maybe section 7) - memtest stays aside the system and readme files are easier to read/print, not counting there could be conflict later if upstream adds some manual page for it.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2016-05-11 00:32:07 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0907.html