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

[Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 01:48:21PM -0400, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>Thomas,
>
>I found this FAQ on the CodeSourcery website.
>
>Installing CodeSourcery Run-time Libraries
>http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/kbentry48
>
>Would this simplify copying the external toolchain libraries
>to the target rootfs?
>
>What was the original problem with using the external toolchain
>from it's installed location?  Why do the files need to be
>copied to $(STAGING_DIR) and the flag "--sysroot $(STAGING_DIR)"
>added to the TARGET_*FLAGS.
>
>If the external toolchain is used from the install location I
>think the -march= option will correctly setup the library paths
>and allow the multilib toolchain to work correctly.  I believe
>this is how the kernel build works.

except that the kernel won't link against those helper-libs as opposed
to userspace which will need some of those libs on the rootfs.