From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2515EDDE1D for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:30:54 +1100 (EST) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c37so89693anc.78 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:30:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:30:49 -0700 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "Joachim Meyer" Subject: Re: ml310 kernel2.6 booting problems In-Reply-To: <538215286@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <538215286@web.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 1/16/08, Joachim Meyer wrote: > Thx for the answer > > It's right, there is no /dev/console, but the MontaVista-Linux-kernel can fully boot with this rootFS, how comes? hmmm, I don't know. The montavista kernel might be running a different binary as the init process. Compare the kernel parameter lines between the two. > Doesn't matter, I was going to make my own RootFS anyway, so can you give me an hint how I would > do this best? > I tried the Klingauf-Script (www.klingauf.com) with busybox, but I still have no console in my /dev/ and it doesn't work. Creating a console device is easy: $ mknod /dev/console c 5 1 > I tried out buildroot, but I was a little overstrained with the configuration and when I did "make" it aborted with an error message > after a long time of working > Then I tried ELDK. I read that I could use the Directory "/ppc_4xx/" as rootfs but when I go there and look inside > /dev I find only one entry: > prw------- 1 jogi jogi 0 2007-01-20 04:58 initctl > So this won't work, would it? Looks like you haven't installed ELDK correctly. I recommend rereading the instructions and giving it another try. ELDK is a great starting point. > > Which way would be the best for me to get an good RootFS easily? > If the answer would be buildroot can you give me a short summary which settings are importent? Personally, I use buildroot, but you should start with ELDK to get things going. Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.