Comment 1 for bug 702574

Due to the complexities of parsing the console= kernel param, as Clint suggested, we could just let the kernel+getty auto-detect speed.

We could therefore create a /etc/init/ttyUSB0.conf (or similar) containing:

  exec /sbin/getty -m -8 115200,57600,38400,19200,9600,4800,2400,1200 ttyUSB0

By specifying all possible/reasonable(?) baud rates as above, no complex param parsing is required for "console=": we only need to extract the device name itself.

Tested on natty booting with "console=ttyUSB0,115200n8r console=tty" after removing "quiet" and "splash".

Getty was spawned and I could login, but my client end needs some "minicom lovin'" since I was getting control chars being echoed in minicom.