No expert here...

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 07:29:01PM +0530, Salim Tyrewala wrote:
> 2. linux kernel and busybox are built by the Codesourcery tool chain.

Which Codesourcery tool chain?  They make at least a dozen.

> 5. I replaced busybox with a simple statically linked helloworld
> program as suggested by the busybox faq. I got the same problem.
> 
> I have an old busybox pre-complied binary that works fine. When I do a
> readelf, one difference appears to be the OS/ABI which is ARM for the
> binary that works okay and UNIX (SYSTEM V) for the one that doesn't
> work.

I'd definitely be checking the toolchain is the right one to use.  If
you can't produce a binary that successfully executes on the Linux, even
a trivial example, then this would be my bet.
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