Re: USB-serial adapter suggestions needed
- In reply to: Mark Millard : "Re: USB-serial adapter suggestions needed"
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 01:24:56 UTC
On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 12:27:33PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > On Dec 27, 2023, at 10:55, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote: > > > Here's another example of a spontaneous disconnect, followed by > > brining the ssh session back up and re-starting tip. The USB end > > of the link is a 14-release Pi3 on the local network, > > So it is not shown in http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/netmap ? > > It would be to the right-of/below "lan", possibly to the > right-of/below wifi? > > > so it does > > not see ssh door-knocking. The serial console display is on a host > > which is on the public Net and so does see frequent ssh attacks > > > For the just below, which machine is connected to which > machine via what technique (ssh vs. tip), including any > staging of multiple stages? > > > login: > > login: Login timed out after 300 seconds > > Dec 26 17:56:56 www login[8694]: 1 LOGIN FAILURE ON ttyu1 > > > > FreeBSD/arm64 (www.zefox.org) (ttyu1) > > > > login: > > > > FreeBSD/arm64 (www.zefox.org) (ttyu1) > > > > login: > > > > FreeBSD/arm64 (www.zefox.org) (ttyu1) > > > > login: client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe > > bob@raspberrypi:~ $ ssh 192.168.1.10 > > Is @raspberrypi the "pi4 RasPiOS workstation" in the > diagram? > > The diagram does not show "192.168.1.10" style notation > for anything. It's the host named pelorus, formerly 50.1.20.24 The network cabled was simply moved from WAN to LAN. > > > Password for bob@pelorus: > > Last login: Thu Dec 28 23:01:43 2023 > > FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p4 (GENERIC) #0 releng/14.0-n265400-4edf3b80733e: Wed Dec 27 20:21:26 PST 2023 > > The diagram shows releng/14 explicitly only for: > > |---50.1.20.26 www.zefox.com Pi2 releng/14 ftdi usb-serial---50.1.20.24 > > (There are 3 "-current" and 3 "12.3" as well.) > > So, is 192.168.1.10 that "Pi2 releng/14"? > > > . . No, the Pi2 isn't involved. > > -- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> > > bob@pelorus:~ % su > > Password: > > # tip ucom > > Stale lock on cuaU0 PID=1312... overriding. > > connected > > Dec 26 2pts exce [enter typed, this looks like a log entry from the public host] > > Password: [but how did it get reflected back to that host as input?] > > Login incorrect > > login: > > So is the login prompt from: > > |---50.1.20.24 pelorus.zefox.org Pi3 -current > > via the earlier "ftdi usb-serial---50.1.20.24"? > No, the garbled login prompt originates from www.zefox.org's serial console. It's via an ssh session running on pelorus but displayed on the RasPiOS workstation. > > > It isn't surprising to see leftover data flushing into the USB end host > > when tip opens the serial connection. It is surprising that the host at > > the serial end of the line sees some of that data as input, at least to me. > > Overall I've not been able to understand what the > (various?) hypothesized stage-by-stage byte flow > paths are in these notes. > Understood, it's been hard to articulate 8-( Maybe Workstation > ethernet > pelorus > usb port > gpio 8,10 > console www.zefox.org is a little clearer > > For the RPi*'s involved, what does each config.txt have for content > and what vintage of RPi* firmware is involved? These get into if the > PL011 vs. mini-UART are in use. > I'm using the default serial console port on pins 8, 10 and 12 on all of the Pi's involved. The Pi3 which reported the garbled login prompt uses in config.txt: b@www:/boot/msdos % more config.txt init_uart_clock=3000000 enable_uart=1 kernel=u-boot.bin kernel7=u-boot.bin dtoverlay=mmc force_mac_address=b8:27:eb:71:46:4f The Pi3 hosting the usb-serial adapter has in config.txt bob@pelorus:~ % more /boot/efi/config.txt [all] arm_64bit=1 dtparam=audio=on,i2c_arm=on,spi=on dtoverlay=mmc dtoverlay=disable-bt device_tree_address=0x4000 kernel=u-boot.bin [pi4] hdmi_safe=1 armstub=armstub8-gic.bin > As I remember it used to be that: > > RPi2B v1.1 had the PL011 bound to the serial connection by default (a.k.a.: as primary) > RPi3B had the mini-UART bound to the serial connection by default (a.k.a.: as primary) > and: > RPi2B v1.1 had the mini-UART as secondary but not bound to anything > RPi3B had the PL011 as secondary and bound to Bluetooth > > (The RPi4B is like the RPi3B in this respect, as I remember.) > > The PL011 is the fully functional UART. > > What is your: > > dtoverlay=disable-bt > vs. > dtoverlay=miniuart-bt > vs. > Niether > > status for each RPi3B/4B that is involved? For the Pi3 using its uart in this chain, neither For the Pi3 using ethernet and usb, dtoverlay=disable-bt Thanks for reading! bob prohaska