From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030440AbWGNMtZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:49:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030437AbWGNMtZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:49:25 -0400 Received: from beer.tclug.org ([71.36.145.29]:56968 "EHLO beer.tclug.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030435AbWGNMtY (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:49:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:49:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Jima To: Mikael Pettersson cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200607141128.k6EBSjDT014339@harpo.it.uu.se> Message-ID: References: <200607141128.k6EBSjDT014339@harpo.it.uu.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jima@beer.tclug.org Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1 fails to boot on Ultra 5 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on beer.tclug.org); Unknown failure Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > (What I wrote previously about my Ultra5 only having one serial > port connector was wrong; I'm so used to DB9 connectors that I > mistook the DB25 connector for something else.) I figured as much. I just had to explain that one to an otherwise very-computer-savvy friend. He couldn't figure out why he couldn't get the serial console to work on his Ultra 10, so I told him I'd take a look. He pulled out his DB9-DB9 null modem cable, and I asked him if he had a DB25 adapter. He was rather confused...but not for long. You can be smart, but it won't help when you need SPARC smarts. :) Jima