Lime 2 serial console on armbian (getty)

[maxxfi]

Hi,

 

is it possible to have the serial/UART on the Olimex LIME2 to work as a serial console on Armbian Jessie (kernel version 4.5.2)? The UART is already working during early boot, but once kernel is loaded it becomes inactive.

 

/boot/boot.cmd contains:

setenv bootargs "console=tty1 root=/dev/sda1 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 sunxi_ve_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_g2d_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_no_mali_mem_reserve sunxi_fb_mem_reserve=16 hdmi.audio=EDID:0 disp.screen0_output_mode=1920x1080p60 panic=10 consoleblank=0 enforcing=0 loglevel=1"

Thanks

 

[zador.blood.stained]

Initial output after start/reboot is from u-boot.

To use serial console as main for kernel messages and init progress, change

console=tty1

to

console=ttyS0,115200

in boot script and recompile it using command at the end of the file.

[maxxfi]

Ah... thanks! 

So, where is the 'tty1' setting currently sending the console to?

[zador.blood.stained]

So, where is the 'tty1' setting currently sending the console to?

To primary display - HDMI/VGA (for capable boards).

[zador.blood.stained]

Note: Hummingboard UART posts were moved here.