From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from viefep18-int.chello.at (viefep18-int.chello.at [213.46.255.22]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0C44854 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:23:52 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <40032C85.3040901@gmx.at> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:23:49 +0100 From: Christoph Plattner MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Helge Deller Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] 2.6 & pdc_console pb on c110: "Warning: unable to open an initial console." References: <3FEDF301.5030901@tiscali.be> <200312280019.55830.deller@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Anyway, the PDC driver should work for all architectures, independent of the serial type (this was my concept of this driver). Is the driver fully ported to the 2.6 kernel ? In the first log, the line "Warning: unable to open an initial console." was shown, so the open on this device fails ! Futher there is no PDC driver registered under proc/devices ! I have never tested a 2.6 kernel on a HP. Christoph Helge Deller wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > parisc-linux mailing list > parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org > http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux > > -- ------------------------------------------------------- private: christoph.plattner@gmx.at company: christoph.plattner@alcatel.at