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From: Pete Popov <ppopov@pacbell.net>
To: Steven Liu <stevenliu@psdc.com>
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, dankamura@mvista.com
Subject: Re: execve("sbin/init",argv_init,envp-init) in init() of main.c and sbin/init.
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 21:39:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B70C29C.8080803@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 84CE342693F11946B9F54B18C1AB837B0A2294@ex2k.pcs.psdc.com

Steven Liu wrote:

> Hi, ALL:
> 
> I posted a message in this board regarding
> execve("sbin/init",argv_init,envp-init) in init() of main.c this
> morning. Pete gave some very good suggessions.Thank you very much, Pete.
> I tried them but the problem has not been solved yet. My CPU is not
> standard R3000 mips CPU with some registers added in and modified. For
> example, ASID field in EntryHi register is of 8 bits instead of 6 bits.
> This may creat some problems.
> 
> I want to investigate the "sbin/init" program but I do not know where I
> can find the source code of this program. If you know any hint and let
> me know, I would be very pleased.
> 
> Thank you for your help.

If you tried sash and you couldn't run it, I strongly suggest not 
messing with /sbin/init. Work on your kernel until you can run a simple 
userland shell like sash.

Pete

      parent reply	other threads:[~2001-08-08  4:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-08  0:36 execve("sbin/init",argv_init,envp-init) in init() of main.c and sbin/init Steven Liu
2001-08-08  0:36 ` Steven Liu
2001-08-08  3:59 ` Ilya Volynets
2001-08-08  3:59   ` Ilya Volynets
2001-08-08  4:39 ` Pete Popov [this message]

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