Odd-looking serial console prompt on RPI2

[Shawn Webb]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 11:56:47AM -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
> Recently the serial console prompt on an RPI2 running  
> FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #15 r314322
> 
> has become corrupted. The initial output from U-boot and
> the early part of the boot phase looks normal, but here it goes off:
> 
> Release APs
> WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
> random: unblocking device.
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mmcsd0s2a [rw,noatime]...
> warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set accurately
> Setting hostid: 0x908fd2cStarting file system che/dev/mmcsd0s2a: FILE SYSN; SKIPPKS
> /dev2a: clea66 free rags, 13cks, 1.9ntation)/dev/da0p3: FILE SYSTEM KIPPING /dev/da0n, 45357(260308 34432 bl2% fragm)
> /dev/da0p4: FILE SYSTEM KIPPING /dev/da0n, 3663539 fragsblocks, 0gmentati/dev/da0p1: FILE SYSTEM KIPPING /dev/da0n, 16010(118 fra18 blockfragmentMounting local file syste.
> ELF ldconfig path: /lib  /usr/li /usr/lo/usr/loccc48 /uslib/grapr/local//usr/locpencollalocal/li5.20/macusr/loca4 /usr/lm37/lib al/llvm3Setting hostname: www.ze.
> Feeding entropy:.
> 
> There are a few dropped characters in the output from fsck, for example.
> 
> Finally, the login prompt looks like this:
> 
> n: eBSD/arm (www.zefottyu0)
> 
> Any attempt to type causes the line above to repeat without echo of the
> typed characters at each keystroke.
> 
> If anybody has a hint what's wrong I'd be grateful. One thing I haven't
> done is reboot the host driving the FTDI usb-serial adapter. It's been
> perfectly stable for more than a month running r311959, so it seems an
> unlikely culprit. 
> 
> Thanks for reading,
> 
> bob prohaska

Hey Bob,

I've got the same issue on the RPI3. Using HDMI instead of serial works
for me, except that doing so is not typical of how I use the RPI3.

I'll soon test on the OverDrive 1000.

-- 
Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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