Re: init.asm - 0.03 (19-Jun-2002) - asmutils 0.18

["Faré" <fahree@xxxxxxxxx>]

When running your shell on a tty, you may be missing such fun syscalls
as  setsid, setpgid, tcsetpgrp, etc., that may be necessary for the
process to feel like it's in control of its destiny and its terminal.
Double check what the C version of init does before you do the same.

[ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ]
A programming language is low level
when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
        -- Alan Perlis


2008/5/1 Frank Kotler <fbkotler@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Bodo Giannone wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am the maintainer of BG-Tiny Linux Bootdisk.
> >
>
>  Thank you. I downloaded it and tried it. Sure is tiny! Seemed to work fine.
> (unlike "a-linux" which hung on me the last time I tried it, IIRC)
>
>
>
> > The tiny init version included in asmutils-0.18 (init.asm 0.03,
> > 19-Jun-2002) is exactly what I was looking for to integrate into BG-Tiny
> > Linux Bootdisk. Unfortunately I am havging some problems I cannot
> > resolve myself due to lacking assembler skills.
> >
> > I want to start /bin/sh on tty1-4 without using getty or login.
> > Unfortunately directly after booting I get the following error message:
> > "can't access tty, job control turned off". This could mean that init
> > does not activate the ttys completely. Is there a possibility to change
> > that?
> >
>
>  Always a "possibility"! I'm gradually acquiring a few assembly skills...
> but I'm not sure what "init" is supposed to do. Quite a difference between
> the asmutils "init" and /sbin/init on my system!!! The "init" you're using
> comes from Busybox, right?
>
>
>
> > The sh I am using is ash from BusyBox 1.3.2. If I try to use sh.asm from
> > asmutils-0.18 I only get a segfault.
> >
>
>  Hmmm. It seems to work okay for me - that's launching it from my "usual"
> shell or from the shell from Busybox (I guess) that I get after booting your
> disk... and mounting the partition with asmutils on it - not "from scratch".
> How would I see this segfault?
>
>
>
> > I am using linux kernel 2.4.36.2 and uClibc 0.9.27 (linked statically).
> >
> > It would be great if someone had a suggestion.
> >
>
>  I'd be willing to attempt to modify the asmutils "init", if I knew what it
> needed to do differently. Anyone know where I can find a "newbie's
> quickstart guide to init"? Maybe I should look at the Busybox  code...
>
>  That's not much of a "suggestion". I just wanted to give ya some
> encouragement. It "should" be a "possibility" to fix any problems you're
> having with asmutils.
>
>  Best,
>  Frank
>
>
>
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