[Buildroot] Linux kernel hangs after boot without any error!

[Heiko Helmle]

Am 30.08.2011 um 23:37 schrieb Peter Korsgaard:

>>>>>> "Heiko" == Heiko Helmle <helman at gmx.net> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Heiko> Just a thought - would it hurt much to start a getty on tty1 by
> Heiko> default? at least on x86?
> 
> We used to do that, but it has the disadvantage that the console gets
> spewed with lots of errors about getty failing when you don't have a
> tty1 (E.G. for the fairly common case of no framebuffer console support
> in the kernel).

Hmm... maybe a switch in menuconfig "Getty on vt1" - kind of an easy mode. I'm guessing most beginners start like me, compiling a buildroot system with all defaults, launching it in qemu and then wondering why there's no login.