> Right now I think that it can't talk to the console or init uses a > function in ld.so.1 to spit a message to the console and is failing to load > the library correctly. Does PPCBOOT tell the kernel to use its console or do > I need to do that somehow? I have tried to stick "console=/dev/ttyS00" in > the bootargs but then I don't get any messages after the uncompresssing > kernel message. Unless its a typo, try "console=/dev/ttyS0" (1 zero, not 2).
Also, if its just a console print problem, you should still be able to telnet into the box and do things like "cat <file> > /dev/ttyS0" and "od -x /dev/ttyS0", just to show that the serial device is good and the problem is with the console device attached to the serial port. Your console,tty should look something like this: > ls -l console ttyS0 crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Aug 4 10:34 console crw------- 1 root tty 4, 64 Aug 4 10:34 ttyS0 I also like to use the following inttab file, instead of default we ship. It means there are more places for problems to exist, but I've seen direct bash drop errors that getty picks up, like "serial input buffer overrun". > cat etc/inittab id:3:initdefault: # System initialization. si::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit # Single user shell 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty console DT9600 linux l0:0:wait:/sbin/halt -dip l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1 l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2 l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3 l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4 l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5 l6:6:wait:/sbin/reboot -dip > cat etc/default/getty CLEAR=NO -- Michael Pruznick, michael_pruznick at mvista.com, 408-328-9215 MontaVista Software, 490 Potrero Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 http://www.hardhatlinux.com, V:408-328-9200, F:408-328-9204 ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
