In light of the recent discussions today, I have been spurred into having another go at getting my beaglebone working with poky/yocto. Instead of adding a whole layer I cherry picked out the important bits (mainly the kernel package and u-boot) and got a build that would complete. Upon, trying to boot my beaglebone I recieve the following error:

INIT: version 2.88 booting
Starting udevtar: short read

Starting Bootlog daemon: bootlogd: cannot deduce real console device
bootlogd.
[ 4.050198] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
ln: /var/run/ld.so.cache: No such file or directory
Configuring network interfaces... ifup: can't open '/var/run/ifstate': No such file or directory
done.
Thu Feb 9 15:34:00 UTC 2012
[Halts here - will go no further and non-interactive]

Is this an issue with my userspace setup, my u-boot setup or indeed the kernel itself? A point in the right direction would be much appreciated. Cheers all, I have been enjoying the discussions today. Jack.