From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarkko Nikula Subject: Re: Booting n8x0 on mainline without UART Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:41:46 +0200 Message-ID: <20110222084146.3a3e3cd4.jhnikula@gmail.com> References: <3064ff5376f174fcd54b321764d8e2a0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:59849 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751274Ab1BVGk6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:40:58 -0500 Received: by eyx24 with SMTP id 24so561946eyx.19 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:40:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3064ff5376f174fcd54b321764d8e2a0@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Anand Gadiyar Cc: linux-omap On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:41:16 +0530 Anand Gadiyar 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