[Buildroot] [pull request] Pull request for branch for-2010.11/faq

[Buildroot] [pull request] Pull request for branch for-2010.11/faq

[Thomas Petazzoni]

The following changes since commit ee5ea7d9cb3e818e1be8a5fe44ed150f1d93ff9d:
  Peter Korsgaard (1):
        docs/news.html: announce 2010.11-rc2

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.busybox.net/~tpetazzoni/git/buildroot for-2010.11/faq

Thomas Petazzoni (3):
      documentation: introduce a FAQ section
      documentation: add FAQ entry concerning serial port configuration
      documentation: add FAQ entry about glibc-static issue on Fedora

 docs/buildroot.html |   44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Thanks,
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] documentation: introduce a FAQ section

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
---
 docs/buildroot.html |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html
index 1444612..d9df668 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot.html
+++ b/docs/buildroot.html
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
       <li><a href="#downloaded_packages">Location of downloaded packages</a></li>
       <li><a href="#add_packages">Adding new packages to Buildroot</a></li>
       <li><a href="#board_support">Creating your own board support</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#faq">Frequently asked questions</a></li>
       <li><a href="#links">Resources</a></li>
     </ul>
 
@@ -1593,6 +1594,11 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
     <p>If you package software that might be useful for other people, don't
     forget to send a patch to Buildroot developers!</p>
 
+    <h2 id="faq">Frequently asked questions</h2>
+
+    <ul>
+    </ul>
+
     <h2 id="links">Resources</h2>
 
     <p>To learn more about Buildroot you can visit these websites:</p>
-- 
1.7.0.4

[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] documentation: add FAQ entry concerning serial port configuration

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
---
 docs/buildroot.html |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html
index d9df668..bb02f17 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot.html
+++ b/docs/buildroot.html
@@ -1597,8 +1597,31 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
     <h2 id="faq">Frequently asked questions</h2>
 
     <ul>
+      <li><a href="#faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs
+      after <code>Starting network...</code></a></li>
     </ul>
 
+    <h3 id="faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs after <code>Starting
+    network...</code></h3>
+
+    <p>If the boot process seems to hang after the following messages
+    (messages not necessarly exactly similar, depending on the list of
+    packages selected):</p>
+
+    <pre>Freeing init memory: 3972K
+Initializing random number generator... done.
+Starting network...
+Starting dropbear sshd: generating rsa key... generating dsa key... OK</pre>
+
+    <p>then it means that your system is running, but didn't start a
+    shell on the serial console. In order to have the system start a
+    shell on your serial console, you have to go in the Buildroot
+    configuration, <code>Target options</code>, enable <code>Generic
+    serial port config</code>, and select the serial port and speed
+    you would like to use for the shell. This will automatically tune
+    the <code>/etc/inittab</code> file of the generated system so that
+    a shell starts on the correct serial port.</p>
+
     <h2 id="links">Resources</h2>
 
     <p>To learn more about Buildroot you can visit these websites:</p>
-- 
1.7.0.4

[Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] documentation: add FAQ entry about glibc-static issue on Fedora

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
---
 docs/buildroot.html |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html
index bb02f17..f471962 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot.html
+++ b/docs/buildroot.html
@@ -1599,6 +1599,8 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
     <ul>
       <li><a href="#faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs
       after <code>Starting network...</code></a></li>
+      <li><a href="#module-init-tools-doesnt-build">module-init-tools
+      fails to build with <code>cannot find -lc</code></a></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h3 id="faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs after <code>Starting
@@ -1622,6 +1624,19 @@ Starting dropbear sshd: generating rsa key... generating dsa key... OK</pre>
     the <code>/etc/inittab</code> file of the generated system so that
     a shell starts on the correct serial port.</p>
 
+    <h3 id="module-init-tools-doesnt-build">module-init-tools
+      fails to build with <code>cannot find -lc</code></h3>
+
+    <p>If the build of <i>module-init-tools</i> for the host fails
+    with:</p>
+
+    <pre>/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc </pre>
+
+    <p>then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar)
+    distribution, and you should install the <code>glibc-static</code>
+    package. This is because the <i>module-init-tools</i> build
+    process wants to link statically against the C library.</p>
+
     <h2 id="links">Resources</h2>
 
     <p>To learn more about Buildroot you can visit these websites:</p>
-- 
1.7.0.4

[Buildroot] [pull request] Pull request for branch for-2010.11/faq

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:

 Thomas> The following changes since commit ee5ea7d9cb3e818e1be8a5fe44ed150f1d93ff9d:
 Thomas>   Peter Korsgaard (1):
 Thomas>         docs/news.html: announce 2010.11-rc2

 Thomas> are available in the git repository at:

 Thomas>   git://git.busybox.net/~tpetazzoni/git/buildroot for-2010.11/faq

Pulled, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard