[poky] [PATCH] README.hardware for mpc8315erdb incorrectly specified a null modem serial cable

Bob Cochran yocto at mindchasers.com
Fri Mar 30 09:57:07 PDT 2012


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<yocto at mindchasers.com>

---
   README.hardware |    3 +--
  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.hardware b/README.hardware
index f72da94..1e7df76 100644
--- a/README.hardware
+++ b/README.hardware
@@ -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

  --- Preparation ---
-- 
1.7.5.4



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