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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] alpha platform is missing files after initrd load
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To: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>, Dennis Luehring <dl.soluz@gmx.net>
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On 11/04/2016 01:40 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> For the 4.7 kernel, we had enough ram to unpack the (large) initrd; with
>> the 4.8 kernel, we ran out.  The 4.8 kernel did in fact print an
>> (obscure) error message to that effect, which had not been noticed.
>
> Was it
>
>   Unpacking initramfs...
>   Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive

No, it was less specific than that.  Something like "unpacking failed: error".

> And, apparently, it used to be handled with a panic() call, but then that
> was deemed "policy", and downgraded to a KERN_EMERG message:

Ouch.  A silly decision, but definitely an uphill fight to get it changed.


r~