Question concerning the serial console

I have recently ported 2.4.2 version of the Linux kernel to a development
board that I am working on. I have built a HHL2.0 version of the filesystem
for userland apps. I am getting output on the serial console but when I get
to a login prompt it is not handling any keyboard input. I have
included my
/dev/console node, inittab and a snippet from the xxx_setup.c for the board
that I am running. I thought this was all that was required. Any help in this
area would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff

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/dev/console
crw-r--r-- 1 root tty 5, 1 Sep 17 12:47 console

---------8<------ /etc/initab --------8<------------- # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
# $Id: inittab,v 1.8 1998/05/10 10:37:50 miquels Exp $

# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:

# Boot-time system configuration/initialization script. # This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode. si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS

# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

# /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change 
# of runlevel. 
# 
# Runlevel 0 is halt. 
# Runlevel 1 is single-user. 
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user. 
# Runlevel 6 is reboot. 

l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency. z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow). kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this work."

# What to do when the power fails/returns.
pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop

# This line provides a nice out-of-box experience. For regular use, you

# should replace it with the proper getty lines below. 

con:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty console

# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels. 
# 
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last 
# characters of the device (after "tty"). 
# 
# Format: 
#  <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process> 
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 
#2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 
#3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 
#4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 
#5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 
#6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal) #
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 #T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3

------8<---------------8<---------------

snippet from my xxx_setup.c code....

#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE
argptr = prom_getcmdline();
if ((argptr = strstr(argptr, "console=ttyS0")) == NULL) {
int i = 0;
char *s = prom_getenv("modetty0");
while(s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9')
i++;
strcpy(serial_console, "ttyS0,"); strncpy(serial_console + 6, s, i);

  prom_printf("Config serial console: %s\n", serial_console); 
                //  console_setup(serial_console, NULL); 
                console_setup(serial_console); 

}
#endif

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