From: Jarkko Nikula <jhnikula@gmail.com>
To: Anand Gadiyar <gadiyar@ti.com>
Cc: linux-omap <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Booting n8x0 on mainline without UART
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:41:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110222084146.3a3e3cd4.jhnikula@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3064ff5376f174fcd54b321764d8e2a0@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:41:16 +0530
Anand Gadiyar <gadiyar@ti.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to boot up the mainline kernel on an n800 device. I don't have
> a functional UART up and running - so I cannot see any console messages.
>
FYI, DIY console:
http://bu3sch.de/joomla/index.php/nokia-n810-serial-console
> Does anyone have instructions or pointers to any patches that may be
> needed to get the mainline linux kernel booting to the UI on this
> platform?
>
Retu watchdog driver is needed since otherwise the retu will kick after
30 s or so. Those cbus/retu drivers are not in mainline (yet) but
hopefully they will thanks to Felipe Balbi.
> Alternatively, is there a way to direct the boot logs to the LCD instead
> of the UART/ttyMTD?
>
It used to work but I think fb was broken a few months ago and I
haven't checked is working now. Unfortunately I don't have my N810
nearby so cannot do quick test now.
--
Jarkko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-22 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-22 5:11 Booting n8x0 on mainline without UART Anand Gadiyar
2011-02-22 6:41 ` Jarkko Nikula [this message]
2011-02-22 10:35 ` Michael Büsch
2011-02-22 17:18 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-02-22 22:28 ` Michael Büsch
2011-02-22 11:00 ` Max Filippov
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