From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755460AbYKKLUJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:20:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755490AbYKKLTp (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:19:45 -0500 Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.177]:62116 "EHLO ik-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755421AbYKKLTo (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:19:44 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=nz+CbUgy9KY2fokdK83CmlgCTe7YDd/meD+1RfJ7m3KDieMmT29+02FaQyEi155utS LJ2NOQ/p3qgCg9UfqE5C2X773WMzQjPHMGqQ1zlgMmnms/PhzsFeN2NrVV2FeuGOvl23 ga/IBxKOSFgWo2SiYxCF2QDKL2FsCFiWF/XXM= Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:19:22 +0000 From: =?utf-8?Q?Am=C3=A9rico?= Wang To: Eric Buddington Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com Subject: Re: /init not found in initramfs in 2.6.27.[34] Message-ID: <20081111111922.GA8485@hack.voiplan.pt> References: <20081110232313.GA29539@pool-96-236-120-128.spfdma.east.verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081110232313.GA29539@pool-96-236-120-128.spfdma.east.verizon.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:23:14PM +0000, Eric Buddington wrote: >I am successfully booting into an initramfs under 2.6.26.5. > >However, on 2.6.27.3 and 2.6.27.4, the kernel uncompresses the >initramfs, then complains that it can't find /init. I am using the >same initramfs.cpio.gz in all cases, and the newer kernels have a >.config derived from the working kernel > >I have tried compiling the initramfs into the kernel, loading it via >the initrd= parameter, and doing both simultaneously, with no success. > >I see no discussion of this on the lists, so it's probable that I'm >doing something stupid - but I can't see what would have changed >between kernels and I know the initramfs.cpio.gz is good. > Looks weird... >Here is the .config from my non-working 2.6.27.4: > Do you use the same config for 2.6.26.5 and 2.6.27.4 ? If not, could you please send the diff between these two configs? Thanks. Cc: hpa@zytor.com -- "Sometimes The Only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy."