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From: Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org>
To: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (Sparc64) 2.6.20 seems to ignore initramfs
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:47:24 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200702231547.24667.andrew@walrond.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45DF056C.2010806@wpkg.org>

On Friday 23 February 2007 15:17, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>
> Try to decrease the initramfs size just to know if it boots correctly.
>
> I.e., put just a sh/bash/ash/dash binary there (probably /dev/console
> node, too), executed in init.
>
> Then, try to start the kernel with initramfs embedded in the kernel,
> then as initrd etc. - this will show if the fault is on your side, or
> kernel's.

I have tracked this down to a broken version of gnu cpio (latest release, 2.7) 
which was used to create the initramfs archive. Bloody annoying since this 
has bitten me before! Last time I even sent the maintainer a bug report, and 
apparently a fix is in CVS waiting for the next release. Ho hum.

Sorry for the noise.

Andrew Walrond

  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-23 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-23 11:08 (Sparc64) 2.6.20 seems to ignore initramfs Andrew Walrond
2007-02-23 13:32 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2007-02-23 14:46   ` Andrew Walrond
2007-02-23 15:17     ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2007-02-23 15:47       ` Andrew Walrond [this message]
2007-02-24 15:23         ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-02-24 16:35           ` Andrew Walrond

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