From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailhost.rdmcorp.com (world.rdmcorp.com [204.225.180.10]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D158567A6B for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:53:39 +1000 (EST) Received: from [10.1.1.138] (10.1.2.1) by mailhost.rdmcorp.com (Worldmail 1.3.167) for linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; 10 Apr 2005 10:53:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:51:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: Embedded PPC Linux list Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: how to get busybox shell prompt on console port? List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , i'm still wrestling with how to get my 8xx-based board's shell prompt to show up on the console port. i've built a simple 2.6.11.7-based kernel and (busybox-based) root filesystem and, fairly quickly, i realized i needed to use the following kernel boot line: Linux/PPC load: rw root=/dev/ram0 console=ttyCPM0,9600 as the boot proceeds, i eventually see: Serial: CPM driver $Revision: 0.01 $ ttyCPM0 at MMIO 0xfa200a80 (irq = 20) is a CPM UART ttyCPM1 at MMIO 0xfa200a00 (irq = 46) is a CPM UART which seems to be a good sign. however, after all the standard boot output, i'm left with no shell prompt, and i'm assuming it's just because i haven't correctly started the shell thru /etc/inittab with the correct parameters to have it talk to that console port. what would be the correct invocation of /bin/sh in /etc/inittab to reflect my serial/console port setup above? thanks. rday