From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.dev.rtsoft.ru (unknown [85.21.88.2]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CECC688C7 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:09:08 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <43A31EE1.3030101@ru.mvista.com> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:09:05 +0300 From: Vitaly Bordug MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Addison Baldwin References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Unable to open an initial console List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Addison Baldwin wrote: > I was sucessful to port U-Boot to our 8272 board. Now I'm experiencing > a problem: > > Our Kernel hangs with the message that says it was trasnferring > control to linux. A post morten analyzes indicated that it stopped at > "Unable to open an initial console" in the memory sapce where console > output should be out (in the sdram, like I had found somewhere in this > list, how to do it). > > I have checked the bootargs values, it is ok: > bootargs root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0,115200 > Only for 2.4, 2.6 is different for this. console=ttyCPM0 should be there, and that device does have different major/minor comparing to ttyS0. Note that the UART has to be enabled explicitly in kernel config, for more info, search this list archives. > We also checked our "/dev" and there was a link to console, pointing > ttyS0. Also, ttyS0 was there too. > > Does anyone have any idea how to fix it? > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > > -- Sincerely, Vitaly