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= Overview =
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This How-To is meant to be a starting point for people to learn use UART for IGEP devices as quickly and easily as possible. In this howHow-toTo, we use [http://labs.isee.biz/index.php/Pre-installed_software_on_IGEP_Processor_Boards IGEP Firmware] and a program that use UART peripherals. This program How-To was tested in: *[[IGEP firmware Yocto|IGEP firmware Yocto]] with and [[Linux_Kernel_2.6.37.y|Kernel 2.6.37.y]]with IGEPv2.
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= Preparing IGEP =
IGEP Uart devices have the following names in Kernel [[Linux Kernel 2.6.35.y|2.6.35.y]]:
*UART1: /dev/ttyS0
*UART2: /dev/ttyS1
*UART3: /dev/ttyS2
*UART4: /dev/ttyS3
IGEP Uart devices have the following names in Kernel [[Linux Kernel 2.6.37.y|2.6.37.y]]:
*UART1: /dev/ttyO0
*UART2: /dev/ttyO1
*UART3: /dev/ttyO2
*UART4: /dev/ttyO3
=== Configure UART1 and UART3 in IGEP with RS232 levels on J960 connector ===
;console=ttyO</pre>
==== Edit inittab file ====
Getty program uses /dev/ttyO2 in IGEP Firmware, disable it modifying /devetc/inittab file:*Comment nest next line:
<pre> #S:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 ttyO2</pre>
= Compile and run program =
Download [http://labs.isee.biz/images/e/eeindex.php/File:Uart-test-beta22-beta1.tar.bz2 program source]and extract it. As explained above, Before compiling the program uses GPIO for debug option via oscilloscope, it is necessary install user-gpio-drv.ko driver inside Linux Kernel, more information [[How to use GPIOs|here]] . There there are some interesting things to configure, before compiling the program. Open it, program and seek next lines:
<pre>//Define Array char size
#define SIZE 30
//Define Debug mode:0==Disable
#define DEBUG 0
//Set GPIO Debugger port
//Be sure that mux is correctly configured and GPIOs are not used
#define GPIO1 136158#define GPIO2 137 162</pre> Constant SIZE: it determines the max number of char than chars sended. Constant DEBUG: it can be sent<br> break program infinite loop part, useful to debug errors: 0 (infinite loop) or positive number determines loop max entrances.
Constant DEBUGWAIT: it can break program infinite loop part, it can be useful to debug some errors, 0 (infinite loop) or positive number determine loop configures select max entrances time in seconds.
= Testing UART =