Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 22:20:20 -0700 From: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Connecting to Beablebone Message-ID: <CALCpEUFn1YTxC0tiCi4U-hhLjyq1xP_NXV1NLhBoAm9EF0OKmA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4856F924-8C9B-4F52-8C22-56F808DB7D81@kientzle.com> References: <CALCpEUGGUjZkciUARw-54qEnbN%2BFequ_iQ46gEcw4G=Td%2BMsiw@mail.gmail.com> <4856F924-8C9B-4F52-8C22-56F808DB7D81@kientzle.com>
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On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: > Which "debug USB cable" do you mean? > > If you mean you're connecting a USB cable from your laptop > to the mini-USB connector on the board (like you would do > with the old BeagleBone), that won't work. The new BBBlack > no longer has the built-in serial-to-USB adapter. > > You'll need something like > http://www.adafruit.com/products/954 > to get a working serial console for the BB Black. > (Just look carefully at the picture on that web page to > see how to connect it.) Thanks! Hiren > > Of course, SSH is also an option=E2=80=A6 ;-) > > Tim > > > On May 9, 2013, at 6:47 PM, hiren panchasara wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I've built img using crotchet scripts (great work!) a few days back >> from HEAD and followed instructions at >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/BeagleBoneBlack. >> >> Now, >> >> After powering up I connected the debug USB cable from BB to my laptop >> (running HEAD). >> >> dmesg shows: >> >> ugen0.5: <Texas Instruments> at usbus0 >> umodem0: <Texas Instruments AM335x USB, class 2/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr >> 5> on usbus0 >> umodem0: data interface 1, has no CM over data, has no break >> >> /dev shows following new entries: >> >> crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x97 May 9 18:13 cuaU0 >> crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x98 May 9 18:13 cuaU0.init >> crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x99 May 9 18:13 cuaU0.lock >> crw------- 1 root wheel 0x94 May 9 18:13 ttyU0 >> crw------- 1 root wheel 0x95 May 9 18:13 ttyU0.init >> crw------- 1 root wheel 0x96 May 9 18:13 ttyU0.lock >> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9B May 9 18:13 ugen0.5 -> usb/0.5.0 >> crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0xe May 9 18:11 null >> crw------- 1 root wheel 0x1b May 9 18:10 bpf >> >> Trying to connecting to it: >> >> % sudo cu -l /dev/cuaU0 >> Connected >> >> Its stays stuck there without doing anything. Same with ttyU0. Is that >> not how you connect to this thing? >> >> In my quest of understanding /dev entries, I found: ttyU0 is actual >> tty device and cuaU0 is a callback device? >> >> Also, I am not getting those blue usb lights turned on. Not sure if >> that means something. >> >> I am sure I must be doing something really silly. Any help would be grea= t. >> >> cheers, >> Hiren >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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