linux-kernel - Re: [scsi] 9393c8de62: Initramfs_unpacking

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Date:   Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:12:27 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
Cc:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, lkp@...ts.01.org
Subject: Re: [scsi] 9393c8de62: Initramfs_unpacking_failed


Michael,

>>> [    1.278970] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
>>> [    4.011404] Initramfs unpacking failed: broken padding
>>
>> Was this test failure unrelated to commit 9393c8de62?
>
> Seems to be unrelated - a m68k kernel with that commit included, SCSI
> core included but low-level driver built as a module(*)  boots into
> the initramfs just fine.
>
> (*) well-known emulator bug.

I'm scratching my head too. I have tested a variety of systems and all
of them boot and work fine.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering