4 files changed, 74 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/01-bootldr-buster.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/01-bootldr-buster.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3b79b5328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/01-bootldr-buster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cmdl=`cat /proc/cmdline`
+#cmdl="console=ttySA0,115200 console=ttySB0,115200"
+if expr "$cmdl" : '.*mtdparts=ipaq' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "!!!!!!!!"
+    echo "Detected Compaq bootldr or derivative"
+    echo "Kernel command line is assumed to be bogus and ignored"
+    echo "!!!!!!!!"
+    CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
+    sleep 3
+fi
+
+# The main trouble is the bogus console=ttySA0 passed by bootldr
+# It appears that kernel doesn't have protection against only invalid
+# consoles being passed on the command line, which means that the
+# kernel is deaf and dumb when booted by bootldr
+
+INVALID_CONSOLE=0
+VALID_CONSOLE=0
+
+for arg in $cmdl; do
+        optarg=`expr "x$arg" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+        case $arg in
+            console=*)
+		if expr "$optarg" : 'ttySA[0-9]\+' > /dev/null; then
+		    INVALID_CONSOLE=1
+                elif expr "$optarg" : 'ttyS\?[0-9]\+' > /dev/null; then
+		    VALID_CONSOLE=1
+		fi
+		;;
+        esac
+done
+
+if [ $INVALID_CONSOLE -eq 1 -a $VALID_CONSOLE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "!!!!!!!!"
+    echo "No valid system console is detected"
+    echo "Explicitly using /dev/tty0 for input/output"
+    echo "!!!!!!!!"
+    CONSOLE="/dev/tty0"
+fi
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh
index 3f3b8c7079..c77bd662af 100644
--- a/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ add_menu_item()
 }
 
 show_menu() {
-    echo -e -n "${E}3;0H"
+    echo -e -n "${E}3;0H" >$CONSOLE
     cnt=0
     echo -e $list | \
     while read l; do
         if [ $cnt == $num ]; then
-	    echo -e -n "${E}1m"
+	    echo -e -n "${E}1m" >$CONSOLE
 	fi
-        echo -e "$cnt: $l${E}0m"
+        echo -e "$cnt: $l${E}0m" >$CONSOLE
 	cnt=$((cnt + 1))
     done
 }
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ while read maj min nblk dev; do
 
     get_partition_type
     if [ "$fstype" != "ext2" -a "$fstype" != "ext3" -a "$fstype" != "vfat" -a "$fstype" != "jffs2" ]; then
-#	continue
+	# Comment following line to show all available block devices regardless of FS (for debug purposes)
+	continue
 	true
     fi
     
@@ -101,14 +102,14 @@ total=`echo -e $list | wc -l`
 num=0
 
 # Draw UI
-stty -echo
-echo -e -n "${E}2J"
-echo -e -n "${E}0;0H"
-echo "Select boot image:"
+stty -F $CONSOLE -echo
+echo -e -n "${E}2J" >$CONSOLE
+echo -e -n "${E}0;0H" >$CONSOLE
+echo "Select boot image:" >$CONSOLE
 
 # Main loop
 show_menu
-while read -n1 i; do
+while read -s -n1 i; do
     case "$i" in
 	"A")
 	    num=$((num - 1))
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ while read -n1 i; do
     esac
     show_menu
 #    echo "*$esc$i"
-done
+done < $CONSOLE
 
 stty echo
 
@@ -162,8 +163,8 @@ else
     CMDLINE="$CMDLINE root=$ROOT_DEVICE"
 fi
 
-echo ROOT_DEVICE=$ROOT_DEVICE
-echo CMDLINE=$CMDLINE
+echo ROOT_DEVICE=$ROOT_DEVICE >$CONSOLE
+echo CMDLINE=$CMDLINE >$CONSOLE
 
 ##############################
 fi
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/87-kexecboot.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/87-kexecboot.sh
index 9232934f98..2a51b4d9c8 100644
--- a/packages/initrdscripts/files/87-kexecboot.sh
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/87-kexecboot.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 
 if [ -n "$BOOT_ROOT" -a -f "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/zImage" ]; then
     if ! expr "$CMDLINE" : '.*nokexec'; then
-	echo "Kernel found in rootfs:"
-	ls -l "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/zImage"
+	echo "Kernel found in rootfs:" >$CONSOLE
+	ls -l "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/zImage" >$CONSOLE
 	initramfs=""
 	if [ -f "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/initramfs.bin" ]; then
 	    echo "Initramfs found in rootfs:"
 	    ls -l "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/initramfs.bin"
     	    initramfs="--initrd=$BOOT_ROOT/boot/initramfs.bin"
         fi
-	echo /usr/sbin/kexec -f "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/zImage" $initramfs --command-line="$CMDLINE nokexec"
+	echo /usr/sbin/kexec -f "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/zImage" $initramfs --command-line="$CMDLINE nokexec" >$CONSOLE
         sleep 10
 	/usr/sbin/kexec -f "$BOOT_ROOT/boot/zImage" $initramfs --command-line="$CMDLINE nokexec"
         sleep 10000
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh
index 8b9fe12429..60d2e5da8b 100644
--- a/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dev_setup()
 }
 
 read_args() {
-    CMDLINE=`cat /proc/cmdline`
+    [ -z "$CMDLINE" ] && CMDLINE=`cat /proc/cmdline`
     for arg in $CMDLINE; do
         optarg=`expr "x$arg" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
         case $arg in
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ read_args() {
 }
 
 load_modules() {
-    for module in $MODULE_DIR/*; do
+    for module in $MODULE_DIR/$1; do
+	# Cannot redir to $CONSOLE here easily - may not be set yet
         echo "initramfs: Loading $module module"
         source $module
     done
@@ -52,24 +53,34 @@ boot_root() {
 }
 
 fatal() {
-    echo $1
-    echo
+    echo $1 >$CONSOLE
+    echo >$CONSOLE
     exec sh
 }
 
 
 echo "Starting initramfs boot..."
 early_setup
+load_modules '0*'
+
+[ -z "$CONSOLE" ] && CONSOLE="/dev/console"
+
 read_args
 
+if [ -z "$rootdelay" ]; then
+    echo "rootdelay parameter was not passed on kernel command line - assuming 2s delay"
+    echo "If you would like to avoid this delay, pass explicit rootdelay=0"
+    rootdelay="2"
+fi
 if [ -n "$rootdelay" ]; then
-    echo "Waiting $rootdelay seconds for devices to settle..."
+    echo "Waiting $rootdelay seconds for devices to settle..." >$CONSOLE
     sleep $rootdelay
 fi
 
 dev_setup
 
-load_modules
+load_modules '[1-9]*'
+
 [ -n "$BOOT_ROOT" ] && boot_root
 
 fatal "No valid root device was specified.  Please add root=/dev/something to the kernel command-line and try again."