Re: [Ltib] a's in integer output

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Tobi,

It does look like maybe it's a kernel bug?  Which platform are you on,
the Coldfire+MMU? (e.g. kernel-2.6.10-COBRA5475)?

I don't have one of those to test on, but once I've got my PowerPC
running again I'll let you know what I see on that FWIW.

Regards, Stuart

On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 16:19 +0100, Tobias Simon wrote:
> Hello Stuart,
> 
> Here's what I see:
> 
> Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/root                28416      7656     1a75a  27% /
> rwfs                       512        32       47a   6% /mnt/rwfs
> rwfs                       512        32       47a   6% /tmp
> rwfs                       512        32       47a   6% /var
> shm                      63a64         0     63a64   0% /dev/shm
> 
> There are a lot of 'a's, but only in the column "Available".
> Setting the Locale has no effect.
> 
> I am using Minicom, too. It also appears using SSH with dropbear.
> 
> Regards,
> Tobi
> 
> Am Montag, 22. Januar 2007 16:13 schrieben Sie:
> > Hi Tobi,
> >
> > I've not seen that.  What terminal emulator are you using?  I use
> > minicom.
> >
> > Also it sounds as though it may be related to your locale (possibly).
> > Can you try for test purposes to do (on your host before starting
> > minicom):
> >
> > $ export LANG=en_GB
> >
> > and see if this makes any difference.
> >
> > Regards, Stuart
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 15:54 +0100, Tobias Simon wrote:
> > > Hello List,
> > >
> > > did anybody encounter the following problem?:
> > > In some outputs ("cat /proc/cpuinfo", "df", ...) I see some "a"
> > > characters written over normal digits when printing an integer value.
> > > Things like "1a47" appear on the screen.
> > >
> > > I use a MCF5475 and the 2.6.10-Kernel with Freescale patches. The Problem
> > > appears on both, serial console and SSH so the Serial Driver seems to be
> > > OK.
> > >
> > > It may be a Problem with Busybox. My own Programs print the Integers
> > > correct - it's very weird!
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tobi
>