Xilinx_uartlite

[T Ziomek]

> I'm trying to get my avnet virtex4fx12 running with linux.
> It boots, but ends with:
>         Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> This means /dev/console was not opened; init is running.
> Since my board has no 16550 uart I must use xilinx_uartlite
> Part of my configuration:
>         +--Character devices
>                 +--Xilinx UART Lite                     ON
>                 +--Console on UART Lite port            ON
> Any ideas?

/dev/console may not be tied to your UARTLite.  If you don't specify the
console on your kernel command line, try adding something along the lines
of "console=ttyS0,19200" to it (with the appropriate device and baud rate
of course).

Tom
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