Re: [PATCH 1/8] um: Create defconfigs for i386 and x86_64

Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-09-26T11:58:11Z

Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> $ file linux
>> linux: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
>> dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, not
>> stripped
>> $ ./linux ubd0=busybox-rootfs
>> [...]
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option
>> to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
>
> I don't know that rootfs but it looks like there is no init.

Ofcourse there's an init on the busybox-rootfs, and I'm able to boot
it with an x86_64 Linux. The reason for panic is incorrect: I think
(although not sure) a 32-bit rootfs userland will work.

>> [1] 25526 abort (core dumped) linux ubd0=busybox-rootfs
>> %
>>
>> Rubbish.
>
> UML core dumps at panic() by design.

On a related note, why does it screw up my terminal? I have to `reset`
to get a nice working terminal.

> Seriously, my plan is to get rid of SUBARCH, that's why I did not push your patches
> upstream and I've send the rid of SUBARCH patch series.
> It turned out that other archs depend on SUBARCH too therefore some more thinking is needed.
> Time passed, merge window closed, $dayjob needed some attention...

Don't let some grand plan stall reasonable patches that fix immediate problems.

> That said, your "arch/um: make it work with defconfig and x86_64" patch is also not perfect.
> "make defconfig ARCH=um SUBARCH=x86" will create x86_64 defconfig, which is wrong and breaks existing
> setups.

Wrong.

$ make defconfig ARCH=um SUBARCH=i386
*** Default configuration is based on 'i386_defconfig'
#
# configuration written to .config
#

I can build a 32-bit kernel just fine with my patch applied.