From e3b182c737625a185b73d01d466b3de6840806bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jsg Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:22:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Some armv7 machines are shipped with linux images that run USB OTG ports in client mode and provide serial access to a getty and networking. Make it clear that a real serial console that can interact with the firmware is required. Suggested by and wording tweaks from ian@ --- distrib/notes/armv7/prep | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/distrib/notes/armv7/prep b/distrib/notes/armv7/prep index c9738dd950b..4743c22be9d 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/armv7/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/armv7/prep @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.9 2016/07/09 07:19:52 jsg Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.10 2016/07/23 16:22:17 jsg Exp $ Please be aware that OpenBSD support for this platform is far from complete. +To perform an installation you must be able to interact with the serial +console of the machine. USB OTG ports such as the one found on the +BeagleBone will not function as a console. You need to be able to +interact with the firmware on the console. Often this requires a 3.3V +TTL level adapter connected to pins or a header on the board. + Firmware which provides an EFI interface with a Device Tree Blob (DTB) file is required to boot. In most cases this is provided by images of U-Boot 2016.07 or newer on SD/MMC devices or in SPI flash. If the -- 2.20.1