Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:54:17 -0600 From: Dustin Marquess <dmarquess@gmail.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting the kernel to let go of my UART! Message-ID: <CAJpsHY6Wsoi14YMR3nM_OwfZphqF7rA5-E=SGfB0sM5EXfP9KA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48f8cbc1-3814-b9f6-0e3a-ebe97466d1df@selasky.org> References: <CAJpsHY4LEdtnTVVz3nrpQcLFePwNnVQ_RdZ3k-2VMaf=HAJ-9A@mail.gmail.com> <48f8cbc1-3814-b9f6-0e3a-ebe97466d1df@selasky.org>
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On Sunday, January 22, 2017, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: > On 01/22/17 06:07, Dustin Marquess wrote: > >> [Sorry if this is somewhat of a dupe, I have yet to find a solution] >> >> I've been running FreeBSD on my Pi 3s for a little over a month now, >> first using gonzo's SMP code + a home cross-compiled kernel, and then >> I moved to the HardenedBSD images. All of them work great except one >> issue that's driving me nuts... >> >> The downside to the Pi 3 vs some other boards is that there's really >> only one UART tied to the GPIO pins. I'm trying to feed my Pi 3 with >> a GPS board. >> >> 1st issue: The NMEA stream upsets U-boot. Fine, compiled my own and >> that's "fixed". >> >> 2nd issue: Even with a USB keyboard attached and HDMI output >> connected, FreeBSD still wants to steal the first uart (ttyu0) as a >> console port. I thought that would be fine as long as I use "-m -n >> -q" in the boot config to disable kernel output and then "conscontrol >> delete ttyu0". Well, that KIND of works. It seems to work fine when >> using 115200bps, but trying to change the baud rate to match the GPS >> unit doesn't seem to work at all, I'm guessing because it's still set >> as an available console? >> >> hint.uart.0.flags="0x0" doesn't work, as it still marks it as a >> console. console="efi" seems to be the only setting that works, >> "vidconsole" and "nullconsole" both don't work. >> >> Is there a way to stop the kernel from trying to claim the UART as a >> console? >> > > I think so, have a look in /etc/ttys and comment out the ttyu0 line. > > Sadly, I already did that. There's no getty running, but dmesg still shows the kernel marking it as a console. -Dustin
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