RE: Minimal requirements to run L4linux using only a serial console

Also, given that the thing works with ACPI on, wouldn't it be better to include ACPI information in the boot instead of changing the driver? Or is this impossible? 

Best,
Ramya


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From: Masti  Ramya Jayaram
Sent: 29 August 2014 15:55
To: Martin Schröder; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Minimal requirements to run L4linux using only a serial console

Hey Martin,

Back on the list ;-)

Ok, I can confirm that when I busy loop during fiasco init, I can actually see the character that I typed. So would I have to change the l4ser driver in Linux or the main driver in under pkg/l4/bootstrap or under fiasco in vkey.cpp? :)

Thanks,
ramya
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From: Masti  Ramya Jayaram
Sent: 29 August 2014 12:15
To: Martin Schröder; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Minimal requirements to run L4linux using only a serial console

Hey Martin,

I cleaned up my build and it worked - the mistake was mine. I had a question regarding ACPI. The target machine I am using has no BIOS/ACPi support. So, when I boot linux on it my console input does not work.This is similar to booting in qemu with the -no-acpi option. Serial console output works (I can see the prompt of L4Linux) but input does not.

Is there something special to do when booting with a serial console but no ACPI tables?

Thanks,
ramya
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From: Martin Schröder [[email protected]]
Sent: 27 August 2014 18:32
To: Masti  Ramya Jayaram; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Minimal requirements to run L4linux using only a serial console

Hi Masti,

you have  all of them already! I did not alter any other file beside the files you already sent. I inserted them into a fresh
snapshot (http://l4re.org/download/snapshots-oc/l4re-snapshot-2014053111.tar.xz) and started building. Since "drops-rd.rd" was not
found in the snapshot, I just renamed "ramdisk-x86.rd" to "drops-rd.rd". Nothing more.

Martin



Am 27.08.2014 um 18:02 schrieb Masti Ramya Jayaram:
> Hey Martin,
>
> thanks for the quick response. Could you send me your configs (l4linux, fiasco, l4re) so that I can try it with that?
>
> Thanks,
> Ramya
> ________________________________________
> From: l4-hackers [[email protected]] on behalf of Martin Schröder [[email protected]]
> Sent: 27 August 2014 16:28
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Minimal requirements to run L4linux using only a serial console
>
> Hi Masti,
>
> I just applied your config, replaced "drops-rd.rd" by "ramdisk-x86.rd" and everything (command prompt, debugger) runs fine as
> expected in Qemu. Maybe you ran into a similar problem as described in this thread:
>
> http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/pipermail/l4-hackers/2012/thread.html#5165
>
>
> Best regards,
>      Martin
>
>
> Am 27.08.2014 um 15:18 schrieb Masti Ramya Jayaram:
>> Sorry, a couple of typos in the l4linux.cfg
>> --vim:set ft=lua:
>>
>>
>> L4.default_loader:start({ caps = {
>>         log = L4.Env.log:m("rws"),
>>       },
>>       l4re_dbg = L4.Dbg.Warn,
>>       log = { "l4linux", "yellow" },
>>     }, "rom/vmlinuz mem=64M console=ttyLv0 l4x_rd=rom/drops-rd.rd root=1:0 ramdisk_size=4000 l4ser.vkey_enable=1");
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> ramya
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: l4-hackers [[email protected]] on behalf of Masti  Ramya Jayaram [[email protected]]
>> Sent: 27 August 2014 14:07
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Minimal requirements to run L4linux using only a serial console
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am trying to run L4linux on fiasco/l4re but with the keyboard and VGA disabled. I can get all the way to the command prompt (of the shell) in the initramfs but then, on pressing a key, I get a page fault and I cannot debug the system anymore using the serial_esc. I suspect it is my configuration which I have provided below. I was wondering what the minimal packages are to achieve this.
>>
>> modules.list:
>> entry l4linux
>> kernel fiasco -serial_esc -freq=533000
>> roottask moe rom/l4linux.cfg
>> module l4re
>> module ned
>> module l4linux.cfg
>> module io
>> module vmlinuz
>> module drops-rd.rd
>>
>> I have disabled the framebuffer and input server in the L4linux stub drivers configuration and enabled the serial console.
>>
>> l4linux.cfg:
>>
>> --vim:set ft=lua:
>>
>> L4.default_loader:start({ caps = {
>>         log = L4.Env.log:m("rws"),
>>       },
>>       l4re_dbg = L4.Dbg.Warn,
>>       log = { "l4linux", "yellow" },
>>     }, "rom/io -vvvv rom/vmlinuz mem=64M console=ttyLv0 l4x_rd=rom/drops-rd.rd root=1:0 ramdisk$
>>
>>
>> I also specify a custom frequency for my board to fiasco.oc, do I have to make similar modifications to l4linux (e.g., Timer frequency)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ramya
>>
>>
>>
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