Hello all,

to be able to diagnose my problem, I worked on enabling uart console access to 
my Raspberry Pi 4B.

It seems the Raspberry Pi puts `8250.nr_uarts=0` in the linux kernel cmdline 
whenever the Raspi is booting over the network. This is preventing me from 
getting console access. When I provide the exact same set of files on a USB 
drive, 8250.nr_uarts is `1`.

Here's my `cmdline.txt`:
`dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 console=serial0,115200 root=/dev/sda2 
rootfstype=ext4 rootwait 8250.nr_uarts=1`

When I boot over network, `/proc/cmdline` is:
```
coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 
snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 snd_bcm2835.enable_headphones=1  
smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:B8:04:5C vc_mem.mem_base=0x3eb00000 
vc_mem.mem_size=0x3ff00000  dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 
console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait 8250.nr_uarts=0
```
Note that both occurences of 8250.nr_uarts got set to 0. Even the one which I 
deliberatedly set to 1.

When I boot using usb disk:
```
coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=1 snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 
snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 snd_bcm2835.enable_headphones=1  
smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:B8:04:5C vc_mem.mem_base=0x3eb00000 
vc_mem.mem_size=0x3ff00000  dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 
console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait 8250.nr_uarts=1
```

Has anyone any background info on that? I provide the exact same set of device 
tree overlays in both cases.

Thank you,
Regards,
Manuel


Am So, 2. Mai 2021, um 13:59, schrieb Manuel Wagesreither:
> Hello all!
> 
> Since a certain eeprom version, the Raspberry Pi 4 can directly boot from 
> network. Has anyone experience on this?
> 
> I already managed to to have the Raspi to load the kernel and all the device 
> tree stuff over network. I then exported 
> `build/tmp/work/raspberrypi4_64-poky-linux/bora-image/1.0-r0/rootfs/` as via 
> nfs and changed the linux kernel commandline so it would use this share as 
> nfsroot. At boot many failing services get reported and and the boot progress 
> stops somewhere along the way. It tells me the system is in emergency mode 
> and asks me for the root password for maintenance. I have an empty root 
> password. When I press Control-D to continue, the same prompt reappears. Same 
> when I simply press enter.
> 
> Has onyone any input for me? I guess I'll need to monitor what gets written 
> to the serial port.
> 
> Regards,
> Manuel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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