Re: [Astlinux-devel] Building for new PC Engines APU1C

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

David,

Use...

$ setconsole-speed-tty 115200 ttyS0

It does what needs to be done, you are basically correct, but don't do it by hand.  Using setconsole-speed-tty keeps things in a standard form.

Lonnie


On Mar 9, 2014, at 1:06 PM, David Kerr wrote:

> So, if I change the serial speed from 19200 to 115200 in the runnix syslinux.cfg file and also in the os astlinux-xxx.run.conf file on the USB boot device, is that all that needs to be done to have the system default to the higher baud rate or is there more to it than that?
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Kristian Kielhofner <kr...@kr...> wrote:
> One tweak: the APU serial console speed is 115200 by default. 
> 
> On Saturday, March 8, 2014, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Yes, "geni586-serial" is what you want, and enable SMP with the following entry in your .config file:
> --
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="project/astlinux/geni586/linux-smp.config"
> --
> 
> The default "geni586-serial" console baud rate is 19200, you will probably get a mis-matched baud rate (garbled characters) with the apu.1c at early boot, you can use setconsole-speed-tty, probably:
> 
> $ setconsole-speed-tty 38400 ttyS0
> 
> (let us know if that works, after a reboot)
> 
> Yes, you are the guinea pig. :-)
> 
> Keep us informed here...
> 
> Lonnie
> 
> 
> On Mar 8, 2014, at 3:20 PM, David Kerr wrote:
> 
> > So, my new APU1C is enroute :-).
> >
> > What settings do I need for a custom build?  I have been using the "alix" board type, but should I change to "geni586-serial" for the new board.  Also as it is dual core should I build the SMP kernel?
> >
> > Suggestions? Or as this is so new am I the guinea pig?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David.