[OE-core] [dizzy backport] [PATCH 3/4] sysvinit-inittab: Disable the carrier detect requirement for serial consoles

akuster akuster at mvista.com
Wed Nov 26 22:09:13 UTC 2014



On 11/26/2014 08:01 AM, Javier Viguera wrote:
> I see this patch has been committed in master. Could it be backported to
> dizzy?

Will look into.

>
> This fixes a problem with some commands (for example busybox 'less'
> applet) that become unresponsive when used in a serial console on some
> hardware platforms (for example a FSL mx28).
>
> A basic: 'less /etc/passwd' just hangs showing nothing and you can only
> stop it with CRTL-C.
>
> As the backport seems pretty safe in general, could it be backported?

sure.

- Armin
>
> -
> Regards,
>
> Javier Viguera



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