Re: [U-Boot] How can I make a second serial port on a motorola 8248 Chip known to Linux.

2009-08-26 Thread AGKohler
I am using u-boot version 1.1.3, kernel, Linux(Debian) is version 2.6.12. I searched through the kernel configuration options via menuconfig, i could not find anything that configures the number of serial ports. In LINUX, i tried creating ttyS1 with mknod -m 660 /dev/ttS1 c 4 65. A /dev/ttyS1

Re: [U-Boot] How can I make a second serial port on a motorola 8248 Chip known to Linux.

2009-08-26 Thread Scott Wood
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 01:15:39PM -0700, AGKohler wrote: I am using u-boot version 1.1.3, kernel, Linux(Debian) is version 2.6.12. Both of thosed are extremely old. Our ability to help you with them is very limited. Please use the current code. I searched through the kernel configuration

Re: [U-Boot] How can I make a second serial port on a motorola 8248 Chip known to Linux.

2009-08-26 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear AGKohler, please do not top post-full quote. Make sure to read http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html And please note that this still off topic on this list. It is a LINUX question, not an U-Boot one. In message 25157108.p...@talk.nabble.com you wrote: I am using u-boot

[U-Boot] How can I make a second serial port on a motorola 8248 Chip known to Linux.

2009-08-25 Thread AGKohler
Hello, I am working with a mpc8260ads(actually QUICC 8248 processor) based board. There are two hardware rs-232 ports available. I can switch the console between the two by switching the CONFIG_CONS_INDEX configuration variable between 1 and 4. I would like to have both ports in service, when

Re: [U-Boot] How can I make a second serial port on a motorola 8248 Chip known to Linux.

2009-08-25 Thread Scott Wood
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 08:37:11AM -0700, AGKohler wrote: Hello, I am working with a mpc8260ads(actually QUICC 8248 processor) based board. There are two hardware rs-232 ports available. I can switch the console between the two by switching the CONFIG_CONS_INDEX configuration variable