From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 90DF348BD for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:19:58 -0700 (MST) From: Helge Deller To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] 2.6 & pdc_console pb on c110: "Warning: unable to open an initial console." Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:19:55 +0100 References: <3FEDF301.5030901@tiscali.be> In-Reply-To: <3FEDF301.5030901@tiscali.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200312280019.55830.deller@gmx.de> Cc: List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:00, Joel Soete wrote: > I try to see if pdc_console could be operational on my c110 with kernel 2.6.0-pa5. > > So I uncheck serial_mux and check pdc_console with make menuconfig (edit also pdc_cons.c to define EARLY_BOOTUP_DEBUG) > Then I create the special file "mknod /dev/ttyB0 c 11 0", add "TB0:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 ttyB0" in /etc/inittab > > (I also try to apply Richard patch ) > > But no way to make it works? > > Linux version 2.6.0-pa5 (root@hpalin) (gcc version 3.3.3 20031206 (prerelease) 3FP[0] enabled: Rev 1 Model 11 > The 32-bit Kernel has started... > Initialized PDC Console for debugging. > Determining PDC firmware type: System Map. > model 000058e0 00000481 00000000 00000002 77e47570 100000f1 00000004 0000008a 0avers 0000000d > CPUID vers 11 rev 13 (0x0000016d) > model 9000/777/C110 > Total Memory: 128 Mb > [snip] > Soft power switch enabled, polling @ 0xf0140000. > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 > pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured > lp: driver loaded but no devices found > Generic RTC Driver v1.07 > Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 13 ports, IRQ sharing enabled > ttyS0 at MMIO 0xffd05800 (irq = 90) is a 16550A > ttyS1 at MMIO 0xffe02800 (irq = 121) is a 16550A Your machine has standard serial ports. So why do you want to switch on serial_mux stuff when it's not needed (and not possible since the device is not present in your machine) ? Helge