[OE-core] runqemu nographic and hvc0

[Khem Raj]

On 3/12/20 8:21 AM, Marko, Peter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to boot my own qemu image on zeus branch with "runqemu nographic /path/to/extracted/rootfs" but I have problem that console is flooded with
> process '/sbin/getty 115200 hvc0' (pid 383) exited. Scheduling for restart.
> starting pid 385, tty '': '/sbin/getty 115200 hvc0'
> I'm using yocto qemuarm kernel and qemuarm machine (but it's the same with qemuarm64).
> 
> Basically qemuarm machine has
> SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyAMA0 115200;hvc0"
> which is transferred to /etc/inittab, however hvc0 device does not exist after booting in nographic mode.
> 
> What kind of configuration am I missing in my image?
> I think that might be the graphic console which does not exist in nographic mode?

that is correct

> Is there a way to get rid of this problem without breaking graphic mode console?

I did not find one, it particularly happens with busybox init.

> 
> Thanks,
>    Peter
>