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Subject: Re: SMC Console not responding 
From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:09:50 +0200
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In message <1079.206.104.177.96.1018904994.squirrel@nevil.org> you wrote:
>
> I just finished porting Linux 2.4.18 to a custom MPC860-based board.
> Everything works fine except input to the console.
...
> Just to answer the obvious, I have performed the following:
...
> 3. cd /dev, ln -sfn ttyS0 console

This is your problem. Instead, run:

	mknod /dev/console c 5 1

Wolfgang Denk

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