From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.239]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D18DDE48 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 02:58:30 +1000 (EST) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id v1so243060nzb for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:58:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:58:28 -0600 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "Mohammad Sadegh Sadri" Subject: Re: ML403 2.6 kernel, root file system on NFS, stops after freeing unused kernel memory In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed References: Cc: Linux PPC Linux PPC List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 5/23/07, Mohammad Sadegh Sadri wrote: > > Hi all > > I have studied the disscussion here mainly by Mirek32 (I think this was the name) but unfortunately the disscussion is finished without any suitable answer and solution. > > the 2.6 kernel comes up on ml403 with no problem, it gets an IP address from my DHCP and mounts the root file system from my NFS server , all of these are ok. > > Unfortunately , after "freeing unused kernel memory ", init , console stops working however the board is alive because it answers all of my pings correctly. I tried to make a telnet connection to the board with no success. ( I'm using ELDK 4.0) > > any suggestions what is happening here? Is there a /dev/console node? try booting with init=/bin/sh to see if you get a console. Your /etc/inittab might not be starting a getty on the console device. Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. grant.likely@secretlab.ca (403) 399-0195