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ml310 kernel2.6 booting problems

DISCUSSION Joachim Meyer 2 participants 2 messages Jan 16, 2008

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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=3F
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=3F
I tried the Klingauf-Script (www.klingauf.com) with busybox, but I still h= ave no console in my /dev/ and it doesn't work.
I tried out buildroot, but I was a little overstrained with the configurat= ion 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 "<install-dir>/pp= c=5F4xx/" as rootfs but when I go there and look inside=20
/dev I find only one entry:
prw------- 1 jogi jogi 0 2007-01-20 04:58 initctl
So this won't work, would it=3F

Which way would be the best for me to get an good RootFS easily=3F If the answer would be buildroot can you give me a short summary which set= tings are importent=3F
I read I can use my crosstool-Xcompiler, but I couldn't figure out how.=20

Greetings & Thx
Joachim

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Quoted 3 lines · Joachim Meyer

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.

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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
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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 "<install-dir>/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.

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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.

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