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On 22/02/2013, at 9:15, Navdeep Parhar <nparhar@gmail.com> wrote:
>> uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0
>> uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
>> uart2: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 5 flags 0x30 on =
acpi0
>>=20
>> The loader talks on the serial console fine, it's the kernel that =
doesn't use it which is the problem.
>=20
> And what do you see in kenv | egrep 'uart|com' ?

comconsole_port=3D"0x3e8"
comconsole_speed=3D"115200"
hint.uart.0.at=3D"isa"
hint.uart.0.flags=3D"0x00"
hint.uart.0.irq=3D"4"
hint.uart.0.port=3D"0x3F8"
hint.uart.1.at=3D"isa"
hint.uart.1.flags=3D"0x00"
hint.uart.1.irq=3D"3"
hint.uart.1.port=3D"0x2F8"
hint.uart.2.flags=3D"0x30"
menu_command[1]=3D"boot"
menu_command[2]=3D"goto_prompt"
menu_command[4]=3D"toggle_acpi"
menu_command[5]=3D"toggle_safemode"
menu_command[6]=3D"toggle_singleuser"
menu_command[7]=3D"toggle_verbose"
menu_timeout_command=3D"boot"

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