Created attachment 517005 [details] Add support for the Freescale i.MX serial ports Description of problem: The Freescale i.MX chips provide a /dev/ttymxc style serial ports. console_check does not know about these and prevents access over a serial console. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-9.20.2-1.fc14 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. configure a Freescale i.MX system (like Genesi Smarttop/Smartbook) to login over serial console (kernel parameter "console=ttymxc,115200") 2. boot the system 3. see all the boot-messages scroll 4. after successful boot, there is no login-prompt Actual results: A login-prompt is not provided. Expected results: A login-prompt is available. Additional info: This only affects Fedora 14 and below, Fedora 15 uses systemd to configure the serial consoles and does not require any changes. See also Bug 678875. I've built a test-package (http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=142969 , http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/devos/arm-fixes/fedora-14/SRPMS/initscripts-9.20.2-1.fc14.1.ttymxc.src.rpm) containing this patch and can confirm that this change makes login over the serial console possible.
Added in rawhide, not that it's really used there. Merged onto F-15 and F-14 branches upstream. Note that you'll need this in systemd for F-15+.
I think there is no need to add support for this in systemd. Comment #4 in bug 678875 contains a little description. Thanks for your prompt response!
OK. Do you need this in an official F-14 update, or can you carry this on your secondary arch?
An update would be much appreciated. An alpha release for F-14 ARM is being worked on, and the normal updates will be made available in the future. The less ARM-specific changes that need to be thought of, the better. This is not a blocker, but will benefit the testing on systems with this chip quite a lot. If other F-14 bugs for initscripts will be updated soon, this can wait, its not urgent.
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