Serial debugging while booting

jman · 25 March 2012, 01:06

Hello,

I've been looking for some info about capturing Amiga boot debug messages spit out through the serial port.
I've setup a PC with PuTTY connected to a null modem cable to my A4000, but nothing comes out.

My question is: do stock Amiga send to serial port debug messages upon boot? Because after googling a bit it seems that the only way I can have some debug through serial is just if I enable ROM-Wack or other third party tools, but the boot process is already finished. That would be helpful if I want to debug a piece of sotware, not the very boot process, am I right?

In theory I should have a ROM with debug enabled (sort of "--with-serial-debug" when compiling AROS), but there's no such thing for AmigaOS, correct?

Thanks for clarifying these points.

musashi5150 · 25 March 2012, 03:02

I'm quite sure that nothing gets sent to the serial port during the normal boot process. As you said, if you needed output while booting I think you'd need to hack up some method to get it.

25 March 2012, 01:06	#1
jman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: . Posts: 371	Serial debugging while booting Hello, I've been looking for some info about capturing Amiga boot debug messages spit out through the serial port. I've setup a PC with PuTTY connected to a null modem cable to my A4000, but nothing comes out. My question is: do stock Amiga send to serial port debug messages upon boot? Because after googling a bit it seems that the only way I can have some debug through serial is just if I enable ROM-Wack or other third party tools, but the boot process is already finished. That would be helpful if I want to debug a piece of sotware, not the very boot process, am I right? In theory I should have a ROM with debug enabled (sort of "--with-serial-debug" when compiling AROS), but there's no such thing for AmigaOS, correct? Thanks for clarifying these points.

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25 March 2012, 03:02	#2
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	I'm quite sure that nothing gets sent to the serial port during the normal boot process. As you said, if you needed output while booting I think you'd need to hack up some method to get it.

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