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Date:      Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:30:44 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Edward Napierala <trasz@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org,  owner-src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r335004 - head/release/tools
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfpoNf9kScSLRX%2Bv7=t6QsiDNtY_yqknQLVr_vSHTFnSqw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAFLM3-oKsP70WmDfDn82-Z9wZ6%2BkJM7WC1aLJGKVm-rsf0Yd_A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 6:39 AM, Edward Napierala <trasz@freebsd.org> wrote:

> 2018-06-13 12:43 GMT+01:00 Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>:
>
>> On 2018-06-12 18:45, Edward Tomasz Napierala wrote:
>>
>>> Author: trasz
>>> Date: Tue Jun 12 16:45:52 2018
>>> New Revision: 335004
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/335004
>>>
>>> Log:
>>>   Enable USB OTG serial terminal on ARM SD card images.  This configures
>>>   the system to make use of USB device mode / USB OTG to provide a
>>> "virtual
>>>   serial port" on release images.
>>>
>>>   Reviewed by:  gjb@
>>>   MFC after:    2 weeks
>>>   Relnotes:     yes
>>>   Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
>>>   Differential Revision:        https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15602
>>>
>>> Modified:
>>>   head/release/tools/arm.subr
>>>
>>> Modified: head/release/tools/arm.subr
>>> ============================================================
>>> ==================
>>> --- head/release/tools/arm.subr Tue Jun 12 16:44:13 2018        (r335003)
>>> +++ head/release/tools/arm.subr Tue Jun 12 16:45:52 2018        (r335004)
>>> @@ -92,6 +92,41 @@ arm_create_user() {
>>>         return 0
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +arm_setup_usb_otg() {
>>> +       # Set up virtual serial port over USB OTG / device mode.
>>> +       echo >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo '# Required for USB OTG virtual serial port.' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo 'notify 100 {' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo '  match "system"          "DEVFS";' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo '  match "subsystem"       "CDEV";' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo '  match "type"            "CREATE";' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo '  match "cdev"            "ttyU[0-9]+";' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo '  action "/sbin/init q";' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>> +       echo '};' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/devd.conf
>>>
>>
>>  This will be wiped after the first update, better create
>> /etc/devd/otg_serial.conf
>>
>
> Thanks, I'll look into that.
>
>
>> +       echo '# USB OTG virtual serial port' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/ttys
>>> +       echo 'ttyU0     "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"      vt100
>>>  onifconsole  secure' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/ttys
>>> +       echo 'ttyU1     "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"      vt100
>>>  onifconsole  secure' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/ttys
>>>
>>
>>  If I have no OTG port and a usb<->uart plugged into my board that will
>> give weird result no ?
>>
>
> No, because that port won't be marked as console.  This only applies
> to the "virtual" OTG serial ports.
>

Right, and console is an overloaded term.  Here it just means 'tty marked
by the kernel that gets a getty started on it automatically after it shows
up' not 'the device that gets all the kernel I/O.'


> +       echo '# Configure USB OTG; see usb_template(4).' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf
>>> +       echo 'hw.usb.template=3' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf
>>> +       echo 'umodem_load="YES"' \
>>> +               >> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf
>>>
>>
>>  I'm not a big fan of always enabling this functionality. Do you have a
>> board that have no uart but an otg port ?
>>
>
> I don't, but this makes it possible to use OTG-enabled boards without
> using the console cable - having to check the pinouts, making sure the
> voltage
> is right etc.  Do you see some problems this might cause?
>

I don't, but I still have the same reservations at the name overloading...

Warner



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