From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E278E004D2 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:34:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Mar 2012 10:34:34 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,315,1320652800"; d="scan'208";a="147942152" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.252.123.235]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Mar 2012 10:34:34 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton To: poky@yoctoproject.org Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:34:33 +0100 Message-ID: <3081444.zUNYCddb1s@helios> Organization: Intel Corporation User-Agent: KMail/4.8.0 (Linux/3.0.0-17-generic-pae; KDE/4.8.1; i686; ; ) In-Reply-To: <4F75E5E3.9050407@mindchasers.com> References: <4F75E5E3.9050407@mindchasers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] README.hardware for mpc8315erdb incorrectly specified a null modem serial cable X-BeenThere: poky@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Poky build system developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:34:35 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Friday 30 March 2012 12:57:07 Bob Cochran wrote: > I noticed this while beta testing 1.2. but patch is against master > (latest commit: bcd4d14425cadc5bd6296f59f14733e8c39c49dd). > > Instructions specified a null modem. This isn't the case. A straight > serial cable is required. I verified it with my own setup and > Freescale's user manual. > > > Signed-off-by: Robert Cochran > > --- > README.hardware | 3 +-- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/README.hardware b/README.hardware > index f72da94..1e7df76 100644 > --- a/README.hardware > +++ b/README.hardware > @@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ Setup instructions > You will need the following: > * NFS root setup on your workstation > * TFTP server installed on your workstation > -* Null modem cable connected from your workstation to the first serial port > - on the board > +* Straight-thru 9-conductor serial cable (DB9, M/F) connected from your > PC to UART1 > * Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board > > --- Preparation --- You're right - I've no idea how I got this wrong in the first place. Thanks! Acked-by: Paul Eggleton -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre