[coreboot] buildrom: optional delay to kexec fails

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Ward,

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:09:27PM -0400, Ward Vandewege wrote:
> Hi Andi,
> 
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 07:15:35PM +0100, Andreas B. Mundt wrote:
> > thanks for your hint, but a search for CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT gives: 
> > 
> > ...buildrom-devel$ egrep -r CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT *
> > deploy/config/busybox/.config:CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT=y
...........
> > support. (CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT) [Y/n/?] y
> > ....
> > 
> > so this seems not to be the reason.
> 
> Hmm, ok. Can you debug the lab environment? You could try to chroot into it
> on your build system, or else just comment out the kexec line and start a
> busybox shell instead on your target. You should then see what error 'read'
> is throwing.

I stopped in LAB and got just:

# read -t 5
ash: read: arg count

the same as if I just type:

# read
ash: read: arg count
 
The weird thing is, that even the debian lenny busybox gives the same
on my box (2.6.24-1-amd64): 

andi at flashgordon:~$ busybox ash


BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ read -t 5
ash: read: arg count
~ $ read
ash: read: arg count
~ $ exit

from the source of busybox in debian I checked that
CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT=y is enabled there as well.


Only bash works fine:

andi at flashgordon:~$ read -t 5
hello
andi at flashgordon:~$ echo $REPLY
hello

So for the time being I'm stuck, and I guess the weather is to good
to explore that further now...

Thanks,

	Andi