[coreboot] and/or busybox issue with alix2c3 serial console

[Ward Vandewege]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:17:52PM -0800, ron minnich wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com> wrote:
> > On 04/11/08 20:47 +0200, Roman Yeryomin wrote:
> >> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Marc Jones <Marc.Jones at amd.com> wrote:
> >> > Roman Yeryomin wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm experimenting with coreboot (v3) on alix2c3 and still can't get serial
> >> >> console working. :( It stops right after kernel is done booting (I can see
> >> >> coreboot, filo and kernel messages just fine). I
> >> >
> >> > Is it just the console that stops? The kernel is still running and otherwise
> >> > behaving normally?
> >>
> >> exactly! only console is not working...
> >> system is running fine (at least for few hours for sure)
> >
> > pass CONSOLE=/dev/ttyS0 on the command line.
> >
> 
> does CONSOLE have some special meaning to busybox?
> 
> Ward, how is your 2c3 nowadays? COuld Roman send you an image and you
> see if it boots?

I've got two 2c3's in production, with coreboot. I could probably test on one
(my home firewall), but it's a bit annoying because it takes down my network
:) This week's hard though, I'm technically on vacation... But I'm interested
in helping out for sure.

Thanks,
Ward.
 
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Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
Free Software Foundation - Senior Systems Administrator