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Subject: [ts-7000] TS-7350, How to use ttyAM1 as serial console
From: "Rod" <>
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:20:58 -0000
I would like to avoid using the TS-9445 diagnostics interface for production 
applications, but I still need to use a serial console. I have re-built the 
kernel with kernel arguments specifying ttyAM1 as the console, and it seems 
like it *wants to* work. I get a flow of the usual boot messages (but not from 
the bootloader, of course), but interspersed in it, I see:

  "Warning: unable to open an initial console."

In init/main.c, this results form not being able to open "/dev/console", which 
also exists. Somehow, "/dev/console" is supposed to become some kind of alias 
for the last console specified on the kernel argument list of consoles.

To confirm that the kernel arguments are making being recognized, I see also:
 "ts7000 kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 rw init=/linuxrc 
lpj=498688 console=ttyAM1,115200N81"

I also see:

ts7000 kernel: apb:uart1: ttyAM0 at MMIO 0x808c0000 (irq = 52) is a AMBA
ts7000 kernel: apb:uart2: ttyAM1 at MMIO 0x808d0000 (irq = 54) is a AMBA
ts7000 kernel: apb:uart3: ttyAM2 at MMIO 0x808e0000 (irq = 55) is a AMBA

and the device entry for ttyAM1 exists:

0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 204, 17 Jan  1 00:00 /dev/ttyAM1

I have both added and removed an entry for /dev/ttyAM1 to spawn a getty in 
/etc/inittab. The port ttyAM1 works; I can read data from it using the same 
terminal I connect to ttyAM0.

Can anyone help with this? The TS website seems to be silent on the matter, 
except to say that a TS-9445 is required to use a serial console. I don't see 
why it shouldn't work.

Thanks.
   ---   rod.





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