On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 05:18:47PM -0700, Steven Dake wrote: > Guys > I've got a board that has a console on ttyS5. I think that is related > to the problem. When I run KDB 4.4 on i386 arch, I get the following > output: > > Kernel command line: root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp console=ttyS5,115200n8 > > Here's the dmesg: > kdb: Initialization failed - no console. kdb is disabled. > kdb version 4.4 by Keith Owens, Scott Lurndal. Copyright SGI, All Rights > Reserved > > Any suggestions for what may be wrong? > > regards > -steve
What hardware and driver is underlying ttyS5, cuz kdb has initialization code in drivers/serial/8250.c that populates a struct based on that driver startup, the symptom you are seeing means that when kdb runs its init its finding NO console info initialized. Could it be a different driver being used? Anyway, just an thought... Jack --------------------------- Use http://oss.sgi.com/ecartis to modify your settings or to unsubscribe.
