linux-kernel - Re: ENOENT creating /dev/root on MTD RAM partition

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Message-ID: <4611B8BA.6000406@itee.uq.edu.au>
Date:	Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:15:22 +1000
From:	John Williams <jwilliams@...e.uq.edu.au>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ENOENT creating /dev/root on MTD RAM partition

Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 02, John Williams wrote:
> 
>>Any comments or suggestions on a possible cause or approach to track it
>>down would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Just a guess:
> Check if '/dev' exists. I think it is now possible to not add the built-in
> cpio archive with the mandatory /dev, /dev/console and /root entries.

Thanks Olaf - you got me on the right track.  Turned out to be an arch 
link script error whereby the "rootfs" initcalls were not placed in the 
initcall table - thus the init ramfs wasn't yet mounted, and /dev wasn't 
there.

Cheers,

John
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