linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: cover CONFIG_BINFMT

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Date:	Thu, 30 May 2013 13:24:15 -0600
From:	Kris Rusocki <kszysiu@...xis.org>
To:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, andi@...as.de
Cc:	rob@...dley.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: cover CONFIG_BINFMT_SCRIPT in init.txt

From: Kris Rusocki <kszysiu@...xis.org>

Now that binfmt_script is configurable, explain yet another possible
cause of boot failure (a script w/CONFIG_BINFMT_SCRIPT != y).

Signed-off-by: Kris Rusocki <kszysiu@...xis.org>
---
 Documentation/init.txt |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/init.txt b/Documentation/init.txt
index 535ad5e..8c6af4f 100644
--- a/Documentation/init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/init.txt
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 E) make sure the binary's architecture matches your hardware.
    E.g. i386 vs. x86_64 mismatch, or trying to load x86 on ARM hardware.
    In case you tried loading a non-binary file here (shell script?),
-   you should make sure that the script specifies an interpreter in its shebang
-   header line (#!/...) that is fully working (including its library
+   you should make sure that your kernel supports script execution
+   (CONFIG_BINFMT_SCRIPT=y) and the script specifies an interpreter in its
+   shebang header line (#!/...) that is fully working (including its library
    dependencies). And before tackling scripts, better first test a simple
    non-script binary such as /bin/sh and confirm its successful execution.
    To find out more, add code to init/main.c to display kernel_execve()s
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