Help needed with Busybox

[Coleman Brumley]

This sounds like a cross-compile issue.  What cross-compiler are you using?

Javier Gracia Castro wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I have tried many times BusyBox 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 in my file system  
> (2.6.20 Linux kernel in AT91RM9200-EK) and it didn't work.
>
> I followed the instructions explained in the INSTALL file and I used a  
> uClibc toolchain to cross-compile it (I used make defconfig to  
> configure it, and out-of-tree building). Any error occurred during the  
> compilation and everything was fine (I also changed Makefile to set my  
> ARCH and CROSS_COMPILER). In my file system are available the same uC  
> libraries.
>
> The file system doesn't boot because of I can't execute busybox  
> executables. And then /sbin/init is not executed and my system isn't  
> initialized. If I set in my uboot, init=/bin/bash (a compiled bash  
> that doesn't belong to busybox) then it boots, but in an initialized  
> environment. When I try to execute any busybox application I obtain:
>
> Illegal instruction
>
> Only module commands (lsmod, insmod, modprobe) seem to work, but I  
> can't use them because they try to read files located in /proc that  
> aren't still generated.
>
> When I type 'busybox', I obtain the list of all commands, but if I try  
> to use any of them, I can't.
>
>  From my compiling directory when I type 'file busybox', I obtain:
>
> busybox: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically  
> linked (uses shared libs), stripped
>
> So the target architecture is correct and my cross-toolchain works  
> because a hello-world application compiled with it worked on the target.
>
> It's very disappointing for me this problem, because then I will have  
> to move to a 2.4 kernel to be able to use module commands provided in  
> my original file system.
>
> If anyone succeeded at compiling and installing busybox in his root fs  
> and solved this problem, please send my your comments.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Javier
>
>
>
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