On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:58:01PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> i wish i had the hardware to do this.  send me a few supported
> multiport serial cards?  i just don't have the supported hardware
> to have all my machines with serial console connected at the
> same time, and this feature would be useful for the couple that
> do not have soft power (ie, halt -p doesn't work.)

Sure, the original feature and small patch could be useful for all
sorts of circumstances.  One that I can imagine is when working
with unskilled remote tentacles.  I can say "unplug it once it beeps".

Everything since then is .. questionable at best.

--
Dan.