<vagrantc>
i think systemd should automatically bring up an interface relevent for the kernel's console=
<vagrantc>
but maybe that's just on debian
<hanetzer>
vagrantc: gentoo, actually. how should I specify console, btw? console=/dev/ttyS2, or just console=ttyS2 or what?
<vagrantc>
i usually do console=ttyS2,115200
<vagrantc>
otherwise you're stuck at 9600 baud, usually
<hanetzer>
and /etc/agetty?
<vagrantc>
hanetzer: been a while since i've set it up manually
<hanetzer>
hehe
<hanetzer>
because, I only get as far as console [ttyS2] enabled with no further interaction
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* vagrantc
waves to mbakke
<vagrantc>
hanetzer: mbakke also has a c201 and is interested in experimenting with it
* mbakke
acts confused
<vagrantc>
hanetzer: any new developments regarding u-boot ?
<hanetzer>
vagrantc: well, I can't yet boot directly from external sd/usb, but I have written the kernel/initramfs I ymodem'd over directly to the emmc so that's a bit faster now
<vagrantc>
wow
<vagrantc>
is your machine running stable ?
<hanetzer>
no clue, like I said I don't have any more output after a certain point :P
<vagrantc>
it was so exciting to see u-boot working on the LCD ... and everything seemed great ... and then it crashed and i've never seen output on the display from u-boot since ... though switching back to coreboot still displays to the screen
<hanetzer>
yeah. its a bit hinky, will need to look into that a bit
<mbakke>
Is that a "native" firmware or a coreboot layload?
<mbakke>
*payload
<hanetzer>
u-boot on the spi. pure.
<vagrantc>
native u-boot
<mbakke>
Woah.
<vagrantc>
although a coreboot/libreboot payload would be another route to explore
<mbakke>
I have libreboot on mine, but want to buy GRUB.
* vagrantc
gets the impression everything in libreboot except the de-branding is now in mainline coreboot
<vagrantc>
yeah, depthcharge is ... limited, to say the least
<hanetzer>
grub can be used as a coreboot payload on this, however keyboard input doesn't work.
<vagrantc>
though really, at this point, i'm pretty much just looking for something that works :)
<mbakke>
What about librecore? I haven't been following development.
<hanetzer>
no idea.
<mbakke>
hanetzer: Oh, really. I'll take missing keyboard input over black screen any day :P
<hanetzer>
now, if I could get a console login to work, that would be great.
<hanetzer>
someone got a c201 running stock chromeos?
<sphalerite>
vagrantc: awesome to see other people are interested in both the nix model and rockchip stuff! I'm running nixos on my C201 myself.
<sphalerite>
aw, they left again
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<hanetzer>
sphalerite: heh
<hanetzer>
sphalerite: hey, you know anything about io errors on the embedded emmc?
<sphalerite>
yes, I know they're a pain in the neck
<sphalerite>
>.>
<sphalerite>
I've basically got two different cases for them: 1, it errors early on during the boot and just becomes completely unusable, returning I/O errors for every attempt to access it
<sphalerite>
and 2, it sort of works but very unreliably, and will hang the kernel (typically) between 10s and 30min after booting
<hanetzer>
for some reason, any attempt to partition it once linux is booted gives me io errors. and any attempt to deal with it in u-boot gives invalid header errors
<sphalerite>
I prefer 1, and just use an SD card instead of the eMMC. I'd really like to have it working, just have no idea how.