Re: Does 2.6.17.11 kernel work on HP zx6000?

H. J. Lu
2006-09-13T00:28:44Z

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 02:10:13PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:51, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > My guess is that there's something wrong with your console. Maybe
> > > the kernel thinks you have a VGA console and you're looking at
> > > serial, or vice versa. EFI can use multiple console devices, but
> > > the kernel generally only uses one.
> >
> > That could be my problem. 2.6.9 works fine. How can I get it to
> > work?
>
> Serial port naming changed in 2.6.10. Documentation/ia64/serial.txt
> has more details.
>
> > I can hook up a serial console. What is the serial setting?
>
> If you have VGA, that is generally used by default.
>
> IIRC, the zx6000 has these serial ports:
>
> ttyS0 built-in, labelled serial A
> ttyS1 built-in, labelled serial B
> ttyS2 optional on MP card, UPS port
> ttyS3 optional on MP card, console port
>
> So use "console=ttyS0" or "console=ttyS3" depending on which
> port you choose.
>

Hi Bjorn,

Before I do that, can I try your config file?

Thanks.

H.J.