Description of problem: If I've configured my system for serial console by adding "console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600" to the kernel arguments it'd be nice if the necessary options, "com1=9600n8" in this case, were added to the xen kernel line when I install kernel-xen. It currently copies over the options to the vmlinuz module line but the options for xen are necessary as well. I may be overlooking a better way to do, not sure. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 5.3 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install RHEL 5.3. 2. Configure the system for serial console access by adding "console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8" to the kernel line, updating inittab, securetty, etc. 3. Install kernel-xen 4. Reboot into the xen kernel Actual results: Kernel options are copied to the vmlinuz module line, however the xen kernel does not get the necessary options. title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-128.el5xen) root (hd0,0) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-128.el5 module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-128.el5xen ro root=/dev/myvg/rootvol console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8 module /initrd-2.6.18-128.el5xen.img Expected results: Add com1=9600n8 to the xen kernel line too, ie: title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-128.el5xen) root (hd0,0) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-128.el5 com1=9600n8 module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-128.el5xen ro root=/dev/myvg/rootvol console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8 module /initrd-2.6.18-128.el5xen.img Additional info: Filed against mkinitrd since that seems to be where the magic happens via new-kernel-pkg
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