From: Jurij Smakov <jurij@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:29:47 +0100 > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 07:09:43AM -0700, David Miller wrote: >> >> 1) Please remove the PROM console driver from the kernel config, it >> does nothing but get in the way. This will fix the "console slow >> on bootup" problem everyone reports on niagara boxes. >> >> Putting "console=ttyHV0" on the kernel command line works as a >> workaround but it still clears the screen once using the PROM >> console and even that takes nearly a minute (!). > > I'll file a bug against kernel for that. Do you know if removing that > driver could have any unintended consequences for non-Niagara machines? No. >> 2) Please fix the GETTY setup so that it properly uses ttyS0 on >> Niagara. Otherwise people have no console and can't use their >> machine at all after installation. >> >> Ubuntu does this by making sure there is an /etc/event.d/ttyS0 >> file with a line saying "exec /sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt102" >> or similar. > > Which installer version did you test that with? I downloaded the tftpboot image provided from the Download section of the debian.org web site for Sparc. > I've tested the lenny installer and it worked correctly with serial > console (I remember we pushed some fixes for it pretty late in lenny > release cycle). It's not exactly a serial console, even though the niagara console is implemented using a driver that sits on top of the serial core layer. If you test on a non-niagara system with serial console, it's not the same test. Not even remotely. The device name is different, it shows up differently in sysfs, etc. > I believe we fixed it in Lenny r1 release, it would be great to it if > you could upgrade to it and confirm it (or install from scratch using > 5.0.1 media from http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/debian-installer). I'll give it a try and report back. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
