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From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
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Subject: Re: Unable to boot Pi successfully with ethernet interface
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On Friday 28 September 2012 18:57:58 Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
> On 28/09/2012 17:35, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've just fixed some issues in the if_smsc.c, so you might want to "svn
> > up" again. Seems like ethernet packets received carry 4 bytes extra.
> > 
> > Regarding performance, there are actions we can do. Right now I just want
> > a stable driver. I measured around 10MBit in each direction on ethernet
> > and my USB memory stick was giving me 0.5 MBytes/second (Read). And the
> > CPU usage is now around 0.8% when the USB stack is idle. The reason for
> > this slowness is not USB itself, but that we are doing much of the USB
> > protocol in software.
> > 
> > I've also tested that FULL/LOW speed devices should work, like mouse and
> > keyboard and USB serial port adapters.
> > 
> > Feel free to keep us updated what you are doing with FreeBSD on your
> > Raspberry PI and if you see more USB related problems:-)
> > 
> > --HPS
> 
> Oh cool, will report back once I've had a chance to play tonight.
> Btw, I'm using a USB > TTL adapter connected to the GPIO pins which
> gives me output from the kernel on booting but I'd like to be able to
> login, looking at /etc/ttys ttyv0 is switched on by default, I've
> modified it to std.115200 & I see the login prompt now but the console
> locks up & wont take any input.

Hi,

If you have USB serial adapter, you can use that instead.

Or use single-user mode.

/dev/ttyU0

device ucom
device uplcom # for example

--HPS