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Date:	Sun, 26 Jan 2014 14:36:50 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Harald Arnesen <skogtun.linux@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Panic with latest git kernel

Am 26.01.2014 14:34, schrieb Harald Arnesen:
> Richard Weinberger [2014-01-26 14:03]:
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Harald Arnesen <skogtun.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>>>> Today I compiled the latest kernel (3.13.0-08526-gb2e448e), and got the
>>>> panic you can see in the attached picture.
>> Are you sure that you initrd is sane?
>> Your /init terminates because the script was unable to find switch_root.
> 
> Well, I haven't changed anything to do with the initrd since I compiled
> the last working kernel (as far as I know, maybe there's a Debian update
> that broke something).

Please make sure that your userspace is sane. :)

> How do I see what's in the initrd? 'file' shows it to be a cpio archive,
> and cpio shows the following contents, both in the working and
> non-working one:
> 
> $ cpio --list </boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-03477-gdf32e43
> kernel
> kernel/x86
> kernel/x86/microcode
> kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
> 50 blocks
> $

Looks very strange.
Add rdinit=/bin/sh to your commandline such that you get a shell within
the initrd...

Thanks,
//richard
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