[Buildroot] [PATCH] raspberrypi, raspberrypi2: document the two consoles (UART+HDMI)
Luca Ceresoli
luca at lucaceresoli.net
Mon Apr 18 21:41:30 UTC 2016
The defconfigs for the Raspberry Pi boards start a console on HDMI in
addition to the classic one on UART. Document this feature in the
readme.
Cc: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
---
board/raspberrypi/readme.txt | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
index b21a75a6ee78..896be2d8a464 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/readme.txt
@@ -74,4 +74,6 @@ Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd":
$ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX
Insert the SDcard into your Raspberry Pi, and power it up. Your new system
-should come up now.
+should come up now and start two consoles: one on the serial port on
+the P1 header, one on the HDMI output where you can login using a USB
+keyboard.
--
1.9.1
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