Serial console issues.

Andy Kennedy
2007-02-12T20:53:29Z

For those of you who are on BusyBox's mailing list, you've already seen
this -- I was sent here for help.

Specs:
Linux: 2.6.18
Bootloader: SysLinux
Init: BusyBox (ver 1.4.0) init.
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200,n,8,1
System: VersaLogic 568 (STD80/STD32 Bus, i386 based computer)
Issue: Booting on "System" I get perfect printk's to the serial
console. When the init takes over (from within an initrd), the console
begins to miss characters. I can still send write commands through the
console, however, the output of these commands is garbled. The really
odd part is when the init releases control (is killed by Linux), or when
a printk is issued, the console prints perfectly again. The next really
strange part about this is that changing "System" to my laptop -- no
problems PERIOD.

The BusyBox list directed me to LKML as this is a wider base of users
that may have experienced the same problem and could provide me an answer.

Thanks in advance for the help (and sorry for asking such a non-related
issue on the LKML),
Andy