[yocto] GLIBCTARGETOS ?= "linux-gnueabi" for PowerPC 440 targets

[Khem Raj]

On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Khem,
> 
> On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:37 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 1, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>     Perhaps the reason none of my root file system binaries are not working or running is because there is no
>>> 
>>> GLIBCTARGETOS ?= "linux-gnueabi"
>>> 
>>> in my machine/virtex5.conf or local.conf file? 
>> 
>> you don't need to set it. it should be automatically computed based on libc and arch
>> your problem seems more like console related. Probably you don't have console params
>> set correctly or securetty does not know about your console device.
> 
> You're right. After rebuilding it, with that variable set, it made no difference in the generated
> binaries, (e.g. generate a tool chain powerpc-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc) nor did it 
> change the situation with my having no console login or bash prompt.
> 
> The serial port that I am using is ttyS0. There is an entry for ttyS0 under /dev in my ramdisk
> , and my /etc/device_table also has an entry for ttyS. 
> 
> I have also checked that my securetty has an entry for ttyS0.
> 
> I have tried all possible option, e.g. try to get inittab running first with 
> 
> S:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 9600 ttyS0
> 
> then with
> 
> S:2345:respawn:/bin/sh 9600 ttyS0

well. When I look into virtext configuration then I see

SERIAL_CONSOLE ?= "115200 ttyUL0"

I wonder if you have tried that configuration for serial console.