[uClibc] problem with SiS board and buildroot-built uclibc/busybox init process

[Seb James]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 10:56, Seb James wrote:
> Any suggestions for new approaches to find out what this problem is
> would be greatly appreciated!

I think I've found that getty is the cause of the problem. I ran the
system (with 2.4.26-pre5-erik kernel) in single user mode. I then
executed the commands which init would run from inittab, in order. I get
to getty and run:

# getty 38400 tty1

which waits for about 15 seconds, then returns the prompt to me having
done nothing visible.

Now I notice that if I run the system with kernel 2.6.4 in single user
mode, I get (after the kernel message "Freeing unused kernel memory:
380k freed"):

BusyBox v1.00-pre8 (2004.06.12-18:46+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

#

and when I boot the 2.4.26-pre5-erik kernel in single user mode, I get:

BusyBox v1.00-pre8 (2004.06.12-18:46+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

-sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
#

So I need to find out how I can turn job control on... Anyone know which
kernel option turns job control on and off for 2.4.x kernels?


Seb James.