Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 01:26:19 -0800 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: Michael Sperber <sperber@deinprogramm.de> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't get 11.0-RELEASE to boot on Banana PI M3 Message-ID: <2FDCF73E-4E05-47D2-A8D4-7C48D86BACC7@dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <y9l7f7sx8sj.fsf@jellaby.local> References: <y9l7f7t2smo.fsf@jellaby.local> <B52515F6-0145-4DE7-BD2F-F484A6783E47@dsl-only.net> <y9l7f7sx8sj.fsf@jellaby.local>
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On 2016-Nov-25, at 12:28 AM, Michael Sperber <sperber@deinprogramm.de> wrote: > Thanks for all the info - very useful! > > I was hoping that I could get by without hooking up serial equipment, > but the Ethernet port never comes up. 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. > 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. Unlike a RPI2B running FreeBSD stable/11 I've had problems with dropped text when connected to the BPi-M3. (Same cable connected to the same old Mac laptop [via USB] running the same software.) > -- > Regards, > Mike === Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net
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