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List:       ssic-linux-devel
Subject:    [SSI-devel] Re: initramfs
From:       "Brian J. Watson" <Brian.J.Watson () hp ! com>
Date:       2005-04-29 0:05:56
Message-ID: 42717A64.3040207 () hp ! com
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En Chiang Lee wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> I've been adding the SSI changes to the FC3 mkinitrd, and it's at a 
> stage where the initrd created looks right. The initrd created is 
> actually a cpio archive (initramfs) for 2.6 kernels.
> 
> The problem now is that when I try to boot with this initrd, if fails with
> 
> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found
> 
> I'm not sure how the initramfs stuff works, so I've attached the 
> mkinitrd to see if there's anything that's seriously wrong.
> 
> Does the kernel have to be built with some option for cpio archives to 
> work?
> 
> En Chiang


Hi En Chiang,

I'm not exactly sure what's wrong. It's possible that some of the 
OpenSSI changes to init/main.c are interfering with how initramfs is 
supposed to work.

Can we delay on this issue by forcing mkinitrd to always build an 
old-style initrd if $ssi_boot is set? If so, please add an SSI_XXX 
comment next to that change, to explain why initramfs isn't being used.

BTW, another test that should be run is whether mkinitrd without the 
--cfs option can successfully build an initramfs that is virtually 
identical to what the base mkinitrd would produce.

Thanks,

Brian


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