From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] kernel 2.6.33-rc4 OOPS's with large initramfs
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:16:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BA52D01.1070506@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BA52B6F.2060402@lbsd.net>
On 03/20/2010 01:09 PM, Nigel Kukard wrote:
>>>
>> How much RAM are you giving your VM? The default for Qemu is 128 MB,
>> and if you have a 110 MB initramfs it's hardly surprising that you get
>> an out of memory error.
>
> The kernel now boots where it booted for my 64bit box.
>
> The main problem though is the instant reboots for bzip2 and lzma
> compressed initramfs images. The change for printf to /usr/bin/printf
> both render the sane end result when run with the same commandline being
> run in the makefile, so this isn't the issue.
>
Oh, you have *that* problem.
What printf is being used?
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-20 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-16 11:12 [BUG] kernel 2.6.33-rc4 OOPS's with large initramfs Nigel Kukard
2010-01-24 23:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-20 18:12 ` Nigel Kukard
2010-03-20 18:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-20 20:09 ` Nigel Kukard
2010-03-20 20:16 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-03-20 20:22 ` Nigel Kukard
2010-03-20 21:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-20 22:26 ` Nigel Kukard
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