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Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:21:59 +0300 From: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alon.barlev@...il.com> To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: SH4 - Cannot make initramfs work Hello, Can anyone help with this issue? Maybe some idea of how to debug this further? Thanks! On 4/2/08, Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@...il.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to boot 2.6.24 kernel on SH4 eb using embedded initramfs. > > The kernel boots, but when trying to decompress the initramfs image it > fails with "crc error", > resulting from lib/inflate.c::gunzip:1250. > > Has anyone got this error? The initramfs image is correct. I also > dumped the memory of __initramfs_start->__initramfs_start and verified > that it matches the initramfs image on usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz. > > I then noticed that the kernel code at > init/initramfs::unpack_to_rootfs:459 supports handling > uncompressed archives. So I compiled a kernel with uncompressed archived. > > I also hooked the init/initramfs::do_name:585 functions, and see that > "/init' is passed > to sys_open, and sys_open returns with -EOENT (-2). > > How can it be? shouldn't rootfs always be available? > > The same attempt on i586, mipsel is working as expected. > > Any ideas? > 1. Why decompression working for kernel and not for initramfs (crc error). > 2. Why files cannot be created on rootfs? > > Thank you, > > Alon Bar-Lev. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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