rootfs

kevin
hi guys i've created a jffs2 FS using buildroot tool,now my problem is
after the kernel loads it(rootfs) it asks for login what shall i do??is
there any way to skip this step? .

kevin
hello no body had this trouble? 
okay atleast can someone tell me if their jffs2 created with buildroot
work??if yes then it wud give me some boost to continue..

thanx in advance
kevin

andromeda
i have tested with buildroot and it don't work.

kevin
did it ask for a login??what r u using now?

Paul Jones
login should be "root" with a blank password (it doesn't even ask me for
password.)

I did have problems that I couldn't enter password if I compile with WCHAR
enabled. works with it off.

kevin
how to enable serial communication with buildroot.so that when the file
system is up i can atleast try putting some login id or something?

Or can someone tell me some other way of creating a rootfs?

PJvG
I'm not sure how to enable serial communication with buildroot. I would try
asking in the mailing list of buildroot for that. 
You can however, as described in chapter 4.10 of "Building Embedded Linux
Systems" (I suggest reading it if you haven't!), use a Terminal Emulator
like Minicom, UUCP cu or C-Kermit to get serial communication with your
embedded device.
Otherwise if you're able to get a serial connection from a Windows PC to
your embedded device you could also use HyperTerminal for communication.

An other way of creating rootfs is by using Openembedded or Emdebian or by
doing it manually.
From what I've heard, Buildroot is still the easiest way..

Good luck!

kevin
seems i wasnt clear with my question.Okay i have a serial terminal on my
HOST . i can see u-boot booting up kernel and finally the jffs2 on the
serial terminal.Problem starts here i see 

"Welcome to Buildroot"
"buildroot login:"

on the 2440 TFT screen.i cant type nothing in there, using the host-target
serial link(in other words i cant get the console login).Can anybody point
out if its becoz of buildroot?do i have to change nething before compiling
the rootfs?
Or is there any1 who has a working jffs2 created with buildroot?

p:s: i flash the rootfs the mmc way!

Paul Jones
If you have a usb keyboard plug it in and you should be able to use the
terminal on the screen.

To get the serial console working you need make sure that 'console=ttySAC0'
is on the kernel boot parameter list (it is by default if using vivi) and
in the buildroot menuconfig change Target options  ---> Generic serial port
config  --->   Serial port to run a getty on ---> ttySAC0

kevin
thanks a lot Paul Jones u proved nothing less than Indiana jones to me :)
it works now..!