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Date:      Wed, 1 Mar 2017 15:01:12 -0500
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Odd-looking serial console prompt on RPI2
Message-ID:  <20170301200112.ymwkfd64tzz5f3b2@mutt-hbsd>
In-Reply-To: <20170227195647.GA91329@www.zefox.net>
References:  <20170227195647.GA91329@www.zefox.net>

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 11:56:47AM -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
> Recently the serial console prompt on an RPI2 running =20
> FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #15 r314322
>=20
> has become corrupted. The initial output from U-boot and
> the early part of the boot phase looks normal, but here it goes off:
>=20
> Release APs
> WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
> random: unblocking device.
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mmcsd0s2a [rw,noatime]...
> warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set acc=
urately
> Setting hostid: 0x908fd2cStarting file system che/dev/mmcsd0s2a: FILE SYS=
N; SKIPPKS
> /dev2a: clea66 free rags, 13cks, 1.9ntation)/dev/da0p3: FILE SYSTEM KIPPI=
NG /dev/da0n, 45357(260308 34432 bl2% fragm)
> /dev/da0p4: FILE SYSTEM KIPPING /dev/da0n, 3663539 fragsblocks, 0gmentati=
/dev/da0p1: FILE SYSTEM KIPPING /dev/da0n, 16010(118 fra18 blockfragmentMou=
nting local file syste.
> ELF ldconfig path: /lib  /usr/li /usr/lo/usr/loccc48 /uslib/grapr/local//=
usr/locpencollalocal/li5.20/macusr/loca4 /usr/lm37/lib al/llvm3Setting host=
name: www.ze.
> Feeding entropy:.
>=20
> There are a few dropped characters in the output from fsck, for example.
>=20
> Finally, the login prompt looks like this:
>=20
> n: eBSD/arm (www.zefottyu0)
>=20
> Any attempt to type causes the line above to repeat without echo of the
> typed characters at each keystroke.
>=20
> If anybody has a hint what's wrong I'd be grateful. One thing I haven't
> done is reboot the host driving the FTDI usb-serial adapter. It's been
> perfectly stable for more than a month running r311959, so it seems an
> unlikely culprit.=20
>=20
> Thanks for reading,
>=20
> bob prohaska

Hey Bob,

I've got the same issue on the RPI3. Using HDMI instead of serial works
for me, except that doing so is not typical of how I use the RPI3.

I'll soon test on the OverDrive 1000.

--=20
Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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