[yocto] How to check if systemd is correctly setup

Elvis Dowson elvis.dowson at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 09:49:50 PST 2012


Hi Gary,
                Thanks for the reply!

On Dec 8, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:

> 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.

Yes, my defconfig has the above two configs set.

Which file control if systemd gets pulled into the core-image-minimal recipe? 

Where are the systemd configuration files stored?

Best regards,

Elvis Dowson


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