From: robert.jarzmik@free•fr (Robert Jarzmik)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: Initrd and 2.6.33 curious behaviour
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 12:09:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hblz2alm.fsf@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100523090139.GA950@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (Russell King's message of "Sun\, 23 May 2010 10\:01\:39 +0100")
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm•linux.org.uk> writes:
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 02:23:33AM +0200, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> The reason that initrd_start is zero at rd_load_ramdisk is that in
> populate_rootfs(), the initrd is written into the ramfs root as a
> /initrd.image file. Then the original initrd image is freed, resulting
> in both initrd_start and initrd_end being zeroed.
I understand better now.
> Do you have CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM enabled? Try some debugging (using
> pr_err() and booting with 'quiet' so you can see the output) in
> populate_rootfs().
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is enabled. I'll add some debugging now and will try again.
Thanks for the help.
--
Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-23 10:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-21 20:27 Initrd and 2.6.33 curious behaviour Robert Jarzmik
2010-05-21 20:43 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-05-22 9:36 ` Robert Jarzmik
2010-05-22 9:37 ` Robert Jarzmik
2010-05-22 9:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-05-23 0:23 ` Robert Jarzmik
2010-05-23 9:01 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-05-23 10:09 ` Robert Jarzmik [this message]
2010-05-24 19:22 ` Robert Jarzmik
2010-05-27 12:00 ` Robert Jarzmik
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