Newbie and linux on virtex-II ppc

[Grant Likely]

On 8/29/07, schardt <g.schardt at fz-juelich.de> wrote:
> me again :)
>
> i added a /dev/ttyUL0 (mknod ttyUL0 c 204 187) device and and a console
> link to it.

Yeah, you don't want a symlink, you want a console device node instead:

mknod /dev/tty 5 0
mknod /dev/console 5 1

> no warning anymore, but i think i'm listen on the "wrong" console ??? i
> see bootmessages
> and an errormessage from init ("init: can't open /dev/null: no such
> device or directory")

I would say you need to add a /dev/null device node, or fix it's
permissions.  :-)

mknod /dev/null 1 3

>
> but the messages from init.d/rcS did not appear
>
> this is my inittab (from klingauf mkrootfs):
>
> ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
> ::askfirst:-/bin/sh
> ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
> ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a
> ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
> ::restart:/sbin/init
> ::respawn:/sbin/getty 9600 tts/0
>
> Georg
>
> schardt wrote:
> > Step by step i becomes running :)
> >
> > kernel is booting, root-fs is mounting on systemace, busybox compiled
> > and rootfs installed (i used klingauf's mkrootfs)
> >
> > but now it says:
> > [    2.964978] Freeing unused kernel memory: 92k init
> > [    3.081332] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> > [    3.306406] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-4c46
> > [    3.375612] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-4c46
> > [    3.446800] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-4c46
> >
> > and i don't know what this is :(
> >
> > Can give me a hint, where to look ?
> >
> > thx
> > Georg
> >
> > Grant Likely wrote:
> >
> >> On 8/28/07, Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 8/28/07, schardt <g.schardt at fz-juelich.de> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Okay, im really blind i think, so i started again :
> >>>>
> >>>> - 2.6.22 kernel from kernel.org
> >>>> - cp /arch/ppc/configs/ml300_defconfig .config
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >> BTW, "make ml300_defconfig" does this for you.
> >>
> >> g.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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