On 10/16/2015 09:14 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > [It is documented that] by default the kernel will set up the serial > console for 9600n8 operation, regardless of what you set it for GRUB > or the serial console redirect in your BMC setup. > Replying to myself with a correction to my statement and a clarification.... while it is documented this way, I do remember having a bit rate mismatch without specifying a bit rate of 9600, so it's possible the default bit rate was changed upstream. And it's possible I that I am remembering incorrectly, and just put the parameter there anyway.