getty 64 char limit per line?

[Chris Humphreys]

I too have seen this problem. It is not in getty but at the command 
prompt when logged in.
I am using Busybox 1.9.1 on an Arm processor. Linux 2.6.21.1

CH

At 00:57 25/04/2008, Denys Vlasenko wrote:

>On Thursday 24 April 2008 21:52, Shane Volpe wrote:
> > I have noticed that if you exceed 64 characters on a serial login
> > using getty that when you go to backspace and hit the 64 character
> > mark that the cursor automatically jumps up one line.  Why is this?
>
>I'm sorry, what exactly happens?
>What does it mean, "when you go to backspace"?
>
> > If you have a long command and want to modify something on it, it
> > becomes pretty hard when you backspace beyond the 64'th character
> > since your cursor is one line above the text you are trying to edit.
>
>I tried to reproduce this and failed.
>
>I'm also curious what commands do you enter in getty. IIRC
>getty asks for username, not commands.
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