Sergei, I'm using kernel 2.6.24 now (before I used 2.6.21-rc4). I do see the console messages on the framebuffer device. Kernel options: console=ttyS0 root=/dev/mtdblock0 rootfstype=jffs2 rw video=au1100fb:panel:KERN_AU1100 tsdev.xres=320 tsdev.yres=234 console=tty0 If I omit console=tty0, then there is no output on the framebuffer device or the serial port. I also tried setting the I/O address and so on, but no luck. Nico Coesel > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Sergei Shtylyov [mailto:sshtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Verzonden: dinsdag 18 maart 2008 17:44 > Aan: Nico Coesel > CC: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Onderwerp: Serial console on Au1100 > > Hello. > > Nico Coesel wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I didn't follow the entire discussion, but I might have similar > > problems on the AU1100 SoC. The AU1100 also has 16550 style serial > > ports. The serial console doesn't work even though I specify > > console=/dev/ttyS0 on the kernel command line. Once a getty is > > started, the serial port is active and working fine. > > This is not at all related to the discussed issue, so > I've changed the subject. The console works like charm > (seemingly for everybody, which kernel version are you using? > > > Nico > > WBR, Sergei >