On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 05:57:32PM +0100, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > Hello List, > > I am trying to install current snapshot on a Raspberry 3 B. I have problems > setting up the serial communication needed to access the installer. I > connected the serial pins (6,8,10) to the serial port of my PC and set > parameters to 115200/8N1. But I only see garbage on the screen. While > googling for a solution I found some hints about the Raspi using bizarre baud > rates depending on the system clock. > > Following is my boot/config.txt with the core_freq line added by me: > > arm_control=0x200 > enable_uart=1 > core_freq=250 > device_tree_address=0x100 > kernel=u-boot.bin > > Of course I tried different baud rates, but to no avail. I am using minicom > on a intel PC running Mac OS. > > Is this still a known issue? I found no hints about this in the OpenBSD > install documents for ARM. > > Can someone please help? > > -Heinrich
115200 8N1 works for me. Do you have the a 3.3V serial adapter? That is vital. See e.g. https://elinux.org/RPi_Serial_Connection#Console_serial_parameters -Otto
