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Re: problem using SMC1 serial port of A&M Rattler as console


On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 09:39, agyhoo wrote:
> Gary, 
> 
> I am using the latest sources.. I updated my repo today
> and tried some more tests. Here are my findings.
> 
> When I use the default template for the A&M Rattler, the
> SMC1 port works fine (i.e., I get a nice clean Hello eCos
> World! message on the console).
> 
> When I try to use the net template, the same Hello World
> application produces nothing. I also tried running some of
> the tests (serial and ping_lo_loopback) with similar
> results ..ie no console output when using the net template.
> 
> Is there some possible conflict with the network stack?
> 

I don't understand - I also ran using the net template with no problems.
How are you starting/running the code?

Have you tried the steps I outlined, using exactly the .ecm file I sent?
That definitely worked for me.

> - Anunoy
> --- Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 21:12, agyhoo wrote:
> > > Just wanted to query this board to see if anyone has
> > > experienced problems using the SMC1 serial port of the
> > > Rattler's MPC8250 as the console.
> > > 
> > > I set the console device to /dev/tty0 and mapped the
> > tty
> > > device to /dev/ser1 (the SMC1 port) using configtool.
> > When
> > > I build the Hello World application using this build of
> > > eCos, nothing is printed. 
> > > 
> > > When I do the same by setting the console to
> > /dev/ttydiag
> > > and disabling the serial hardware drivers, I am able to
> > see
> > > the Hello World message.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas as to what is going on here? I am not sure if
> > the
> > > HAL diagnostic channel (which as far as I can tell also
> > > uses /dev/ser1 is interfering with the hardware driver.
> > I
> > > tried delecting the /dev/ttydiag driver but got the
> > same
> > > results.
> > > 
> > > Any tips, pointers will be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > I just tried this and it seemed to work for me.  Here's
> > what I did:
> >   % ecosconfig new rattler
> >   % ecosconfig import serial_test.ecm
> >   % ecosconfig tree
> >   % make
> > I then linked this kernel with a simple "hello world"
> > test program.
> > 
> > How new are your sources?  My testing was, of course,
> > against the
> > most up to date CVS.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
> > MLB Associates
> > > cdl_option CYGDBG_IO_INIT {
> >     user_value 0
> > };
> > 
> > cdl_component CYGPKG_IO_SERIAL_TTY_TTY0 {
> >     user_value 1
> > };
> > 
> > cdl_option CYGDAT_IO_SERIAL_TTY_TTY0_DEV {
> >     user_value "\"/dev/ser1\""
> > };
> > 
> > cdl_component CYGPKG_IO_SERIAL_DEVICES {
> >     user_value 1
> > };
> > 
> > cdl_option CYGDAT_LIBC_STDIO_DEFAULT_CONSOLE {
> >     user_value "\"/dev/tty0\""
> > };
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
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