README.hardware for mpc8315erdb incorrectly specified a null modem serial cable

PATCH In review Bob Cochran 2 participants 2 messages Mar 30, 2012

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Bob Cochran

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2012-03-30 16:57 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 README.hardware for mpc8315erdb incorrectly specified a null modem serial cable

I noticed this while beta testing 1.2. but patch is against master (latest commit: bcd4d14425cadc5bd6296f59f14733e8c39c49dd).

Instructions specified a null modem. This isn't the case. A straight serial cable is required. I verified it with my own setup and Freescale's user manual.

Signed-off-by Robert Cochran<[email protected]>

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@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ Setup instructions
 You will need the following:
 * NFS root setup on your workstation
 * TFTP server installed on your workstation
-* Null modem cable connected from your workstation to the first serial port
-  on the board
+* Straight-thru 9-conductor serial cable (DB9, M/F) connected from your PC to UART1
 * Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board
 
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Paul Eggleton

Acked-by on v1 1/1

2012-03-30 17:34 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 28 lines · On Friday 30 March 2012 12:57:07 Bob Cochran wrote:

I noticed this while beta testing 1.2. but patch is against master (latest commit: bcd4d14425cadc5bd6296f59f14733e8c39c49dd).
Instructions specified a null modem. This isn't the case. A straight serial cable is required. I verified it with my own setup and Freescale's user manual.
Signed-off-by Robert Cochran<[email protected]>
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   README.hardware |    3 +--
  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
README.hardware +1 -2
index f72da94..1e7df76 100644
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ Setup instructions
  You will need the following:
  * NFS root setup on your workstation
  * TFTP server installed on your workstation
-* Null modem cable connected from your workstation to the first serial port
-  on the board
+* Straight-thru 9-conductor serial cable (DB9, M/F) connected from your
PC to UART1
* Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board

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You're right - I've no idea how I got this wrong in the first place. Thanks!

Acked-by Paul Eggleton <[email protected]>

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre