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From: McClintock Matthew-B29882 <B29882@freescale.com>
To: Tabi Timur-B04825 <B04825@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: Login prompt on a video console instead of serial port?
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 19:55:21 +0000
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Don't you have to spawn a terminal on the framebuffer for the login?
Right now getty spawns the login on the serial port via /etc/inittab.
Something similiar is probably needed for the framebuffer.

-M



On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com> wrote:
> I'm using a Freescale P1022DS (PowerPC e500 core) system, which has a bui=
lt-in
> video controller. =A0I have a framebuffer driver that works fine, and if =
I add
> "video=3Dfslfb:1280x1024-32@60,monitor=3D0 console=3Dtty0" to the command=
-line, then
> *most* of the kernel boot log appears on the serial port and the video di=
splay.
>
> However, the login prompt is always on the serial port. =A0This happens e=
ven if I
> delete the "console=3DttyS0,115200" from the command-line. =A0I presume t=
his is
> because the "linux,stdout-path" property in the device tree always points=
 to a
> serial port node.
>
> So my question is: what do I need to do get the login prompt on the video
> console? =A0That is, stdout goes to /dev/fb0 but stdin is still from /dev=
/ttyS0.
> I presume I need to direct "linux,stdout-path" to the fslfb node in the d=
evice
> tree, but there doesn't appear to be support for "linux,stdin-path".=