From: rabin@rab.in (Rabin Vincent)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: smdk6400/S3C6400 failure on execution of init process
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:09:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091028153916.GB2244@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091028162037.22f2cb22@linpcd55>
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 04:20:37PM +0100, Markus Schwarzenberg wrote:
>
> booting linux-2.6.32-rc5 on our smdk6400 (S3C6400) fails somewhere in/after
> the asm call in arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c:kernel_execve, when the init
> process is to be run.
>
> The preceding do_execve returned OK, which suggests that the /init file is
> found, executable etc. in rootfs.
>
> The failure happens for both booting from sd-card as well as from initramfs.
> I've tried several /init applications, from busybox to a simple wait(1); loop
> all with the same behavior.
>
> What's the best way to debug this?
As a first step, enable CONFIG_DEBUG_USER in your kernel and pass
"user_debug=31" on the kernel command line. You'll get more info about
why init's being killed.
Rabin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-28 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-28 15:20 smdk6400/S3C6400 failure on execution of init process Markus Schwarzenberg
2009-10-28 15:30 ` Ben Dooks
2009-10-28 15:49 ` Markus Schwarzenberg
2009-10-28 15:39 ` Rabin Vincent [this message]
2009-10-28 15:59 ` Markus Schwarzenberg
2009-10-28 16:10 ` Rabin Vincent
2009-10-28 16:26 ` Markus Schwarzenberg
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