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Date:      Tue, 14 May 2013 20:24:42 -0600
From:      Tom Everett <tom@khubla.com>
To:        Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: RS-232 driver for GPIO
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ok so given this, I've done some reading.  I'm by no means a FreeBSD
expert, so forgive me if I'm completely wrong.  I see this in the FDT:

/* UART0 */
pins_uart0_a: uart0_a {
	broadcom,pins = <14>, <15>;
	broadcom,function = "ALT0";
};


and this:

chosen {
		bootargs = "";			/* Set by VideoCore */
		stdin = "uart0";
		stdout = "uart0";
	};


So I interpret that to mean that uart0 is bound to pins 14, 15, and
furthermore that the serial device bound to uart0 is bound to stdin and
stdout.  In my /dev/ I see:

crw-------   1 root  wheel     0x1f Apr 27 13:42 ttyu0
crw-------   1 root  wheel     0x20 Apr 27 21:42 ttyu0.init
crw-------   1 root  wheel     0x21 Apr 27 21:42 ttyu0.lock
crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer    0x22 Apr 27 21:42 cuau0
crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer    0x23 Apr 27 21:42 cuau0.init
crw-rw----   1 uucp  dialer    0x24 Apr 27 21:42 cuau0.lock

So, that is telling me that sio0 is bound to uart0, which is a serial
console?

If so, that means that I could use pins 14 & 15 for rs-232, but I would
have to chose b/t using those pins to talk to another device (xbee), or a
serial console?





On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:20:08 -0600
> Tom Everett <tom@khubla.com> wrote:
>
> > ok so the FDT definition would have to be added here?
> >
> >
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/boot/fdt/dts/bcm2835-rpi-b.dts?view=markup
> >
>
> Yeah, right.
>
> But I have bad news. Both UARTs can be connected to pairs(tx+rx) 14+16,
> 32+33, 40+41 and both UARTs can be connected to any of this pins.
> But only 14, 16 and 40(PWM0) wired to ext.pin.
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 14 May 2013 09:06:44 -0700
> > > Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > ... the r-pi actually has an RS232 port exposed via GPIO. It's
> > > > only 3.3v but it's there.
> > > >
> > > > Someone just needs to write up an SIO driver for it and then put
> > > > the GPIO pins in question into RS232 "mode".
> > >
> > > we have it already :) (console works on uart)
> > > only FDT definition is required.
> > > And maybe some fixes for boudrate setting and/or format setup
> > > (bits/parity/stop bits/etc)
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Yay multi-function GPIO pins!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > adrian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 14 May 2013 08:58, Tom Everett <tom@khubla.com> wrote:
> > > > > Good morning ARM mailing list.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been running FreeBSD on my Pi, and I've now got two XBee
> > > > > Pros which I hope to connect.  XBee's communicate over RS-232.
> > > > >
> > > > > https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8742
> > > > >
> > > > > I see from the source tree that it was possible to attach the
> > > > > iic driver to GPIO pins in software:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/dev/gpio/gpioiic.c?view=markup
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm wondering, it is possible to connect the FreeBSD serial
> > > > > driver for RS-2332 to GPIO in a similar way to how iic was
> > > > > connected?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
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> > > Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Douglas MacArthur
>
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> --
> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
>



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