RE: No ttyS device at I/O port 0xfe004500 for console

["Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>]

Hi Chuck

> 
> > > Hi Joakim,
> > > 
> > > Same here -- go into arch/ppc/platforms/83xx and edit file 
> > > mpc83xx_sys.c.
> > > If you are using the 8323e cpu, then you need to make sure
> > 
> > Yes, got one of those.
> >  
> > > that file has code to support the 8323E.  Mine didn't, so 
> I got no 
> > > platform devices initialized (no serial port, no Eth 
> devs).  I added 
> > > a block of code to support the 8323E (set mask to 0xffff0000 and 
> > > "value" to 0x80620000, then the device list for the 8323E).  Use 
> > > existing code there as a guide, it was not difficult once 
> I figured 
> > > out that this was the problem.
> > 
> > hmm, you don't have a patch handy?
> 
> Here you go:

Thanks, now it boot into the ramdisk and a get a login prompt and all, but I don't
see any output during kernel startup(only a few garbage chars).
Tried the console params Alex sent but makes no difference. How does
your cmdline look like?