[LinuxBIOS] Build issue for khepri target
Stefan Reinauer
stepan at coresystems.de
Wed Jul 19 18:06:39 CEST 2006
* Anil B G <bg.anil at gmail.com> [060719 18:02]:
> Hi,
> I have captured the output of serial (COM A), that comes from the SP.
> However, I am unable to disable the same and get the output of LinuxBIOS on the
> serial
try "platform get console" ... it seems you mistyped the name several
times. the sp does not like backspace, so it prints the error you see.
> ===============================================================================
> ========
>
>
>
> Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
>
> localhost login: root
> Password:
> localhost # platform get consi ole
> Error. The requested service is not available.
> localhost # platform
> platform: Error. Unknown subcommand.
> Usage: platform console {-h|--help}
> platform get console {-h|--help}
> platform get hostname {-h|--help}
> platform get mac {-h|--help}
> platform get power state {-h|--help}
> platform get product-id {-h|--help}
> platform get os state {-h|--help}
> platform set console {-h|--help}
> platform set os state boot {-h|--help}
> platform set os state reboot {-h|--help}
> platform set os state shutdown {-h|--help}
> platform set os state update-bios {-h|--help}
> platform set power state {-h|--help}
> localhost # platform get consil ole
> Rear Panel
> Platform COMA
> localhost # platform set console -d
> Error. Invalid parameter(s).
> localhost # platform set consi ole -help
> platform set console {--serial|-s} sp [{{--enable|-e}|{--disable|-d}}]
> [{{--prune|-p}|{--noprune|-n}}] [{--speed|-S}
> {1200|2400|4800|9600|19200|38400|57600|115200}] [{--log|-l} size]
> [{-h|--help}]
> or
> platform set console {--serial|-s} platform [{-h|--help}]
> {-S|--speed} {1200|2400|4800|9600|19200|38400|57600|115200}
> Select the port speed on the SP to use to connect to the
> platform console. BIOS, the platform OS and the SP must
> all
> be configured for the same speed. This setting does not
> affect the platform configuration
> Cannot be used with: -s=platform
> {-d|--disable} Indicate that the platform console monitor is inactive
> Cannot be used with: -e -s=platform
> {-e|--enable} Indicate that the platform console monitor is active
> Cannot be used with: -d -s=platform
> {-h|--help} Print the usage message.
> {-l|--log} size Select the trigger size in KB for console log rotation.
> Minimum 64KB, Maximum 1024KB
> Cannot be used with: -s=platform
> {-n|--noprune} Indicate that the platform console log should be the raw
> console data
> Cannot be used with: -p -s=platform
> {-p|--prune} Indicate that the platform console log is to be cleaned of
> ANSI sequences and pruned of duplicated information
> Cannot be used with: -n -s=platform
> {-s|--serial} {sp|platform}
> Specify whether the serial port is connected to the
> platform
> COMA port, or the SP serial console
> Cannot be used with: -e [platform] -d [platform] -p
> [platform] -n [platform] -S [platform] -l [platform]
>
> localhost #
>
> ===============================================================================
> =========
>
>
> On 7/19/06, Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de> wrote:
>
>
> what does "platform get console" tell you?
>
> It should say something like:
> $ platform get console
> Rear Panel Enabled Speed Pruning Log Trigger
> SP Console Yes 19200 No 244 KB
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You need to configure the
> console on the SP with the "platform set console" command.
>
> platform set console {--serial|-s} sp [{{--enable|-e}|{--disable|-d}}]
> [{{--prune|-p}|{--noprune|-n}}]
> [{--speed|-S} {1200|2400|4800|9600|19200|38400|57600|115200}]
> [{--log|-l} size] [{-h|--help}]
> or
> platform set console {--serial|-s} platform [{-h|--help}]
> {-S|--speed} {1200|2400|4800|9600|19200|38400|57600|115200}
> Select the port speed for the platform console.
> BIOS, the platform OS and the console must
> all be configured for the same speed
> Cannot be used with: -s=platform
>
> {-d|--disable} Indicate that the platform console monitor is
> inactive
> Cannot be used with: -e -s=platform
>
> {-e|--enable} Indicate that the platform console monitor is active
> Cannot be used with: -d -s=platform
>
> {-p|--prune} Indicate that the platform console log is to be
> cleaned of ANSI sequences and pruned of
> duplicated information
> Cannot be used with: -n -s=platform
>
> {-s|--serial} {sp|platform}
> Specify whether the serial port is connected to the
> platform COMA port, or the SP serial console
> Cannot be used with: -e [platform] -d [platform] -p
> [platform] -n [platform] -S [platform] -l [platform]
>
>
> * Anil B G <bg.anil at gmail.com> [060718 19:14]:
> > Hi Stefan,
> > I logged into the SP and tried platform console etc. but I was not
> really
> > sure how that would help me.
> > That would only change the settings of the Linux thats loaded and on a
> reboot
> > the PPCboot would again spew messages on the serial.
> > I guess I am missing something here, but cannot really visualise how to
> get the
> > output of LinuxBIOS on the serial.
> > One way perhaps would be to disable the SP at the hardware level (if that
> is
> > possible).
> >
> > Please let me know if it is possible to disable serial by trying
> "platform
> > console" on the SP.
> >
> > Regards
> > Anil
> >
> >
> > On 7/17/06, Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de> wrote:
> >
> > * Anil B G < bg.anil at gmail.com> [060717 17:07]:
> > > Hi,
> > > I only get the output of the SP on the serial interface.
> >
> > log in to the sp and do "platform console"
> >
> >
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