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Date:      Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:03:27 +0100
From:      Michael Sperber <sperber@deinprogramm.de>
To:        Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't get 11.0-RELEASE to boot on Banana PI M3
Message-ID:  <y9loa13ub9s.fsf@jellaby.local>
In-Reply-To: <2FDCF73E-4E05-47D2-A8D4-7C48D86BACC7@dsl-only.net> (Mark Millard's message of "Fri, 25 Nov 2016 01:26:19 -0800")
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Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> writes:

> Does the Ethernet port have a light turned on when it is connected
> and has had a chance to boot? If it does then the boot got far
> enough to do that much.

No.  (And the router it's plugged into also doesn't light up.)

>> Now, just to make sure I get this right - hooking up a serial port in
>> the FreeBSD notes means using a USB/serial interface on the BPI, right?
>> (Rather than expecting serial on some of the BPI's I/O pins.)
>
> There are 3 separate pins next to the Ethernet port that have the
> kernel messages and such and allow a login after booting.

Ah, thanks ... but that's not standard RS232, right?  (BPI homepages
says "TTL".)  If it isn't, what kind of hardware connects to that?

-- 
Regards,
Mike



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