[Buildroot] [PATCH] raspberrypi, raspberrypi2: document the two consoles (UART+HDMI)

[Buildroot] [PATCH] raspberrypi, raspberrypi2: document the two consoles (UART+HDMI)

[Luca Ceresoli]

The defconfigs for the Raspberry Pi boards start a console on HDMI in
addition to the classic one on UART. Document this feature in the
readme.

Cc: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
---
 board/raspberrypi/readme.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
index b21a75a6ee78..896be2d8a464 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
@@ -74,4 +74,6 @@ Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd":
   $ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX
 
 Insert the SDcard into your Raspberry Pi, and power it up. Your new system
-should come up now.
+should come up now and start two consoles: one on the serial port on
+the P1 header, one on the HDMI output where you can login using a USB
+keyboard.
-- 
1.9.1

[Buildroot] [PATCH] raspberrypi, raspberrypi2: document the two consoles (UART+HDMI)

[Yann E. MORIN]

Luca, All,

On 2016-04-18 23:41 +0200, Luca Ceresoli spake thusly:
> The defconfigs for the Raspberry Pi boards start a console on HDMI in
> addition to the classic one on UART. Document this feature in the
> readme.
> 
> Cc: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>

Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> ---
>  board/raspberrypi/readme.txt | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
> index b21a75a6ee78..896be2d8a464 100644
> --- a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
> +++ b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
> @@ -74,4 +74,6 @@ Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd":
>    $ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX
>  
>  Insert the SDcard into your Raspberry Pi, and power it up. Your new system
> -should come up now.
> +should come up now and start two consoles: one on the serial port on
> +the P1 header, one on the HDMI output where you can login using a USB
> +keyboard.
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 

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[Buildroot] [PATCH] raspberrypi, raspberrypi2: document the two consoles (UART+HDMI)

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:41:30 +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> The defconfigs for the Raspberry Pi boards start a console on HDMI in
> addition to the classic one on UART. Document this feature in the
> readme.
> 
> Cc: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
> ---
>  board/raspberrypi/readme.txt | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied to master, thanks.

Thomas
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