[Buildroot] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

[Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 06:19:54PM -0400, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:14 PM, Daniel Mack wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 04:19:35PM -0400, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:43 PM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Do you compile your kernel with Buildroot, or do you compile it
> >>> manually ? If compiled manually, is CONFIG_AEABI enabled in your kernel
> >>> configuration ?
> >> 
> >> The kernel and rootfs are both created with Buildroot.
> >> 
> >> For the kernel config I have:
> >> 
> >> CONFIG_AEABI=y
> >> CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT=y
> >
> > Just a side note: for performance reasons, you shouldn't enable
> > OABI_COMPAT unless you really can't know which binaries the kernel will
> > execute.
> 
> I had CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT disabled originally.  I just turned it on to see
> if that helped.
> 
> > See http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort for some more details.
> 
> Thanks for the link.
> 
> > Other than that, your problem could also be related to VFP emulation
> > issues. I had such awhile back.
> 
> What was your issue then?  Were you able to resolve it?

I would try the simple hello-world app Thomas suggested. There is always
a reason for why processes crash, and so there's always a solution ;)

Daniel