Can't get CoralP drivers to work

jourdan at enib.fr jourdan at enib.fr
Thu May 25 02:54:00 EST 2006


Hello

I have a MPC8260 processor card with a Coral-P evaluation board (rev 4.0).
My system do not have keyboard nor mouse (i use the serial console).

I use linux kernel 2.4.25 & 2.6.9.

For kernel 2.4.25 :

I'm trying to get the framebuffer driver to work. During the boot the
driver loads fine but the monitor remains blank (no video signal). If i
try to `cat /dev/urandom > /dev/fb/0` nothing happens.

I compiled an Xserver (Release 6.9), and the x11 drivers for the coralp.
When I start X, it says that it can not open tty0 (indeed it doesn't
exists).

For kernel 2.6.9 :

When I start X, it complains about virtual terminals but doesn't stop. It
loads the x11_mb86290 driver then stop because it can't find a valid
framebuffer driver. Is it mandatory to have the mb86290fb driver worknig
in order to get the x11_mb86290 driver ?

I guess it just a configuration problem but I can figure it out. I added
the support for virtual terminals in my kernel (X seems to need it) but I
don't have ttyN entries in /dev. If I add them manually, they can not be
opened.

Thanks for your help.




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