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Re: [ts-7000] Re: "Warning: unable to open an initial console.", 2.6.21

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: "Warning: unable to open an initial console.", 2.6.21 on TS-7250
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:35:14 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, charliem_1216 wrote:

> Not sure about 2.6.21, but on 2.6.29 if you enable "Config standard
> features (for small systems)", aka CONFIG_EMBEDDED, you also have to
> enable drivers -> char -> virtual terminal (and "support for console
> on virtual terminal" too). Those are CONFIG_VT and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE
> respectively.

  already have those, they're in the .config file.

> You can also check CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS and CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS. LEGACY
> shouldn't be needed though, if your rootfs is from this decade.

  i have the former, but not the latter.  perhaps i'll just enable the
legacy ptys for the heck of it.

> Also, SERIAL_AMBA_PL010 is clearly configured, but check for
> SERIAL_AMBA_PL010_CONSOLE too.

  yup, i have both of those as well.

rday
--

p.s.  in the newer kernel, i have the config choices of SERIAL_TSUART
that didn't appear in the older kernel config.  is that siginficant?
here's that part of the .config file for the 2.6.21 kernel:

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set

#
# Serial drivers
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_TSUART=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_TSUART_7800 is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 is not set

#
# Non-8250 serial port support
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL010=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL010_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011 is not set
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
# CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set


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