Odd-looking serial console prompt on RPI2

[Oleksandr Tymoshenko]

Ian Lepore (ian at freebsd.org) wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-03-01 at 16:03 -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 09:20:13PM +0100, Michael Tuexen wrote:
> > > 
> > > Interesting... Let us know what works and what doesn't...
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > Michael
> > > 
> > As of FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT (RPI2) #0 r314450: Wed Mar  1 14:48:26 PST
> > 2017
> > the serial console is still corrupt (output truncated, input not
> > echoed
> > but treated like the enter key).  The serial console does seem to
> > work
> > with U-boot and loader, so I don't think it's the upstream hardware. 
> > 
> > The HDMI console looks normal and USB keyboard input seems to work.
> > 
> > There have been several updates to /usr/src/sys/dev/uart and it looks
> > as if kernel updates are still coming. Maybe the job simply isn't
> > done yet.
> > 
> > bob
> > 
> 
> It seems like this might be caused by r314318.  Can someone having this
> problem confirm if 314317 works and 314318 fails?

Tested on my RPi2, 314317 - works, 314318 - broken

-- 
gonzo