getty 64 char limit per line?

[Bernhard Fischer]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:07:18AM +0100, Chris Humphreys wrote:
>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

Please provide the .config you used and state what toolchain you used to
build busybox, what libc you use etc.
There's no chance we can try to reproduce your alleged bug otherwise.

thanks,
>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.