[yocto] How to check if systemd is correctly setup

[Gary Thomas]

On 2012-12-08 07:19, Elvis Dowson wrote:
> Hi,
>        I haven't used systemd before, and I've just built a linux kernel image using the latest yocto poky/master.
>
> The boot process starts as normal, but it just displays "freeing memory (some value)" and I get no console prompt.
>
> Q1: Which config setting or recipe code, controls the inclusion of systemd in the root filesystem?
>
> Q2: How can I check to see if systemd is properly configured for my target (virtex-5-powerpc-405-ml507-softfloat)?

First thing, make sure that your kernel has this in the config:
   CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
   CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y
The latest udev (rev 182) has to have this to work.

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