imx27 - hanging at freeing init memory -- getting some junk characters here after on console ..

Daniel Mack daniel at caiaq.de
Tue Nov 10 01:49:00 EST 2009


On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 11:12:03AM +0530, Vadivelan M wrote:
>    I have checked the inittab. the baud rate is correct.
> 
>    When i am passing command line arguments "init=bin/sh
>    consloe=ttymxc0,115200 root=/dev/ram rw ip=off"
> 
>    same status. i can see the print Freeing init memory and some uart
>    function prints...
> 
>    After that only junk characters are coming.
> 
>    we have checked serial drivers . almost no changes between 2.6.19(working
>    kernel) and 2.6.27
> 
>    Please help us to go forward.....

Sorry, I don't know then. I was sure you're facing a baud rate issue,
which also is a common pitfall.

Can you try using a current mainline git kernel and see if the problem
persists? Your machine type (MX27ADS) should be supported.

Daniel




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