Bert, I have not looked but is there a pin conflict ? Perhaps with a emmc
pin , or possibly hdmi ? If so and in the case of emmc I have been told
that once booted, you *can* reclaim a few pins back from the eMMC. Then in
the case of hdmi, if not used you can just disable it via uEnv.txt.


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Bert Lindner <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:56:55 PM UTC+1, Mike Bremford wrote:
>>
>> Finally found the required changes to get UART1, 2, 4 and 5 loaded and
>> numbered correctly under 3.12.
>>
>> The source for the "capes" I was looking for (BB-UARTn) were created by
>> this patch: https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel/blob/3.8/
>> patches/not-capebus/0176-capes-Add-virtual-capes-
>> serving-as-examples.patch, and it looks like the RS232 cape would need
>> the same change. The file isn't in the 3.12 branch and I don't speak git so
>> I've attached a patch for this patch (sorry) which fixes the UART and RS232
>> overlays.
>>
>> If anyone just needs working DTS and DTBO files for BB-UART1, BB-UART2,
>> BB-UART4 and BB-UART5 for kernel 3.12, I'm attaching them here as well in
>> bb-uart-dts-312.tar.gz
>>
>>
> Just to confirm that all UARTs appear as expected on my BBB Rev. A5C
> running Robert's  Ubuntu 13.04 image with kernel 3.12.0-bone8.
>
> I've tried the RX signals (with a GPS board), they all work apart from,
> for some reason, UART5/RX (P9/38). Not sure what the issue is there.
>
> Thanks again, best,
>
> -Bert
>
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