On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 12:39 PM,  <stevenvandenbrandenst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Steven Vanden Branden schreef op za 14-04-2018 om 16:47 [+0000]:
>> hello everyone,
>>
>> thanks for the assistance, but i managed to load the new kernel with
>> the old dtb file for the inet1,
>>
>> I made a diff between the new and old version , and there are a lot
>> of changes, even gpio pins for that are changed (which i find
>> strange, since the original device cannot be changed i guess, maybe
>> gpio pin is changed in the dtsi files), and is suspect that new
>> hardware is supported on the inet1, that now breaks my hacked
>> together version using the inet1 dtb file.
>>
>> but it turns out i need to spend time to add support for my board in
>> uboot and in the kernel as well (mostly dts work i guess).
>>
>> So if you have any tips/guidance on how to go about adding a new
>> board (first in uboot i guess , then kernel), i would like to know.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Steven
>
> when i enable the original dtb file, the board is now working, I am
> however succeeded in soldering a serial connection to the board.
>
> The only strange thing is when i send from one side:
>
> echo -en '\x00' > /dev/ttyS0          i receive 0x00 in hex
> echo -en '\x01' > /dev/ttyS0          i receive 0x7F in hex
>
> --> this makes the serial output unreadable since the mapping of
> characters seems to be off, does anyone has an idea how to fix this?
>
> --> i tried this with a baudrate of 300 to be sure the connection is
> stable.

All Allwinner devices I've seen use a rate of 115200, it may be that
the serial port isn't enabled by default in u-boot and/or the
DeviceTree because of it being a tablet and it not having one by
default so you might nee to look at what needs to change for that to
work.

> --> i tried to attach my serial output to the input of the pc and that
> return fine, so it seems the 2 serial ports are actually speaking
> another dialect.
>
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