You do not have to buy a FTDI cable. It could be any decent cable, that does not necessarily cost as much as FTDI. For example my buddy and I ordered a couple of PL2303HX cables off ebay for like $5-6 usd shipped.
My point here is that you could just simply pay $2-$3 out of your pocket, and just be done with it. However, depending on who you deal with shipping can take a long time . . . On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:33 AM, <unix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, I've seen some docs on how to build a custom kernel and so far it > > appears to have cross-compiled correctly. > > http://elinux.org/Building_BBB_Kernel > > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Serial > > > > Now, in order to see the U-boot prompt, it says I should connect the > serial > > cable to my PC. I currently don't have a FTDI cable and buying one is > going > > to be a slow, bureaucratic process (company policies, employment status > as a > > contractor, blah blah blah). I was wondering if it is really needed - I > have > > a micro-HDMI and a USB keyboard, I can access the Linux console with > them. > > Can they be used to access the U-boot prompt and command line? > > Serial only... > > > (Sorry if it sounds like a dumb question but I'd never heard of U-boot > > before. I've worked with other similar devices but they had an Intel > > processor and chipset, was able to access EFI and GRUB via HDMI). > > > > The BBB also had a mini-USB cable included. By plugging it to my PC with > it > > I can see the BBB as a storage device and it shows up the first > partition of > > eMMC (docs, drivers, etc). But it doesn't appear to expose a serial port > and > > so I don't think I can use it to see the boot prompt...is that correct? > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYjTTu6XBt%2B1ujbdvYzKfN93NBoT7GxOKCtYJpP > hnYqU4w%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORqS%3DiFok972hp-KZhBWfYmYo38G2Wke5n7vZnTEq2aHPw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
