[U-Boot-Users] u-boot serial console not working

[vikas makhija]

i'm using a MPC 8280 Rattler board. i'm trying to port u-boot on to it. but the
serial console is not coming on the hyperterminal. i have debugged teh code with
BDI debugger and has checked that the program counter goes and waits at the
serial_getc() function in smc.c. but the serial console doesn't appear at all.
i'm using u-boot 1.1.4
please if somebody could help in it

thanks and  regards
Vikas Makhija