[BusyBox] ttyX and ttySX buffer/io problem?

[Jason Wever]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:12:14 -0400
Jason Wever <weeve at gentoo.org> wrote:


Sort of reposting this to see if anyone has any ideas.  I can replicate
this on busybox-0.60.5 as well.


> Hi,
> 
> I've been working with busybox (1.0pre3 and the 20039027 unstable
> snapshot) and I'm having an issue with any terminals that are started. 
> Basically you have to enter several characters and/or enters before
> anything gets sent to the screen.  I'm *not* using devfs (in the kernel
> or in busybox config).  I was originally using ash but also tried msh
> with no luck.
> 
> I've been building busybox statically against regular
> versions of gcc/glibc on sparc64 (but building it 32bit).
> 
> I've tried reading through the mailing list archives but I can't seem to
> find anything that specifically relates to/fixes this.
> 
> I've tried using the built-in inittab as well as the ones included
> below with no success.  All that is in my /etc/init.d/rcS is a command
> to mount /proc.  I created /dev entries from a regular linux
> /dev/MAKEDEV generic-sparc command.
> 
> When running serial support, the sparc was booted headless (no keyboard
> and no video support so output is directed out ttyS0 be default).
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -- begin no serial support inittab ---
> 
> ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
> 
> ttyS0::askfirst:-/bin/sh
> tty2::askfirst:-/bin/sh
> tty3::askfirst:-/bin/sh
> tty4::askfirst:-/bin/sh
> 
> ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
> ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
> ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a
> 
> -- end no serial support inittab ---
> 
> -- begin serial support inittab ---
> 
> ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
> 
> ttyS0::askfirst:-/bin/sh
> 
> ::restart:/sbin/init
> 
> ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
> ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
> ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a
> 
> -- end serial support inittab ---
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Jason Wever
> Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead
> 

Thanks,
-- 
Jason Wever
Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead
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