Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] ttl to rs232 on wl500gp

2009-02-08 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 08:06 +0100, Dennis Bartsch wrote: > Hello Brian, Hi. > I don't know whether this 3.3V output is intended to be used like that > but it works. I wonder how much current it really can deliver. > I'm cusious whether 3.3V is enough to supply a MAX232 (or derivates) > but is d

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] ttl to rs232 on wl500gp

2009-02-08 Thread Dennis Bartsch
Hello Brian, > [...] > I notice on the diagram for the serial connector at the first URL I > pasted above that there is a "3.3V_OUT" available. Is this intended to > supply such a converter or is this for something else and I should still > use an external power supply for the above converter?

[OpenWrt-Devel] ttl to rs232 on wl500gp

2009-02-08 Thread Brian J. Murrell
OK. So I need a serial console on my ASUS WL-500G Premium to debug this kexec problem I'm having. Having a peek at http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware/Asus/WL500GP#head-8c0c5262c5a79f43d67037a30331937a6f7b8628 it says that the serial output is TTL level. I have a TTL-to-RS232 converter

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] kexec failure on mips

2009-02-08 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 23:45 -0500, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > I have an asus wl500gp that I'm trying to kexec a kernel on. I had > written about this before but have another bit of info and I'm hoping it > rings a bell for someone so that I don't have to through the painful > process of printk() in

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH]support for cs5536 IDE

2009-02-08 Thread Alexandros C. Couloumbis
it is a good idea to switch to the new SATA/ATA SFF code. CS5536 is included on the 2.6.28.4. you just need to select scsi disk to be compiled in the kernel not as a module and switch on the menuconfig from /dev/hsa2 to /dev/sda2 on the CONFIG_X86_GRUB_ROOTPART --alex __