[U-Boot-Users] Blank console with IXDP425 in U-boot-1.1.6

[Stefan Roese]

On Monday 11 June 2007, Queenie wrote:
> Yes.. U r right. Iam not using the ixdp425 (development) board.
> What iam using is a customised board having IXP425.
>
> On this board, I tried with the REDBOOT prebuilt utility for ixdp425 board
> ( development board) from the web and I could see the console message on my
> hyperterminal.

You were lucky then.

> I was wondering y I cannot observe the same with my U-boot. is there any
> extra configuration needed?
>
> I checked the CFG_IXP425_CONSOLE macro in u-boot and saw thats its assigned
> to IXP425_UART1 of the IXP425 chip. I also checked the circuit diagram of
> my customised target platform and found that the console is connected to
> UART1 only.
>
> What could be causing this problem?

Lot's of things could go wrong. For example the SDRAM setup. Or the input 
clock frequency. Or some GPIO's. Or etc...

You have to figure out the differences between your board and the Intel eval 
board and change the U-Boot files accordingly.

Best regards,
Stefan

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