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From: "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
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	"'Kumar Gala'" <galak@kernel.crashing.org>,
	"'Alex Zeffertt'" <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com>
Subject: RE: No ttyS device at I/O port 0xfe004500 for console
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:19:04 +0200
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> 
> 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?

ahem, I forgot the obvious console=ttyS0. Now it works, thanks a lot

 Jocke