Hi, can you please know me how to use the busybox to create a initrd file? Do you think the problem i said is because of "initrd" building problem? On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Belisko Marek <marek.belisko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Murali N <nalajala.murali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, i am porting the "linux-2.6.28.7" kernel onto latest Freescale > > i.MX35 board.I am able to reach till initrd loading, after unpacking > > the initrd file, kernel calling the "run_init_process("/sbin/init/")" > > function.After this kernel is giving panic.I am unable to proceed > > further from this point,can any one please tell me what could be the > > problem? > > Below are the booting message sequence.Also can any one share the link > > to build "initrd" file for ARM platforms? > You can follow my example: http://open-nandra.com/?p=142 > You just need build busybox, install and compress like it's described > in example. > > > > > > > > Uncompressing Linux............................................................. > > ................... done, booting the kernel. > > [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.28.7 (root@danny) (gcc version 4.2.2) > > #15 PREEMPT Thu Apr 9 16:13:21 IST 2009 > > [ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv6-compatible processor [4117b363] revision 3 > > (ARMv6TEJ), cr=00c5387f > > [ 0.000000] CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing > > instruction cache > > [ 0.000000] Machine: Freescale MX35ADS > > [ 0.000000] Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback > > [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. > > Total pages: 32512 > > [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttymxc0,115200 > > root=/dev/ram initrd=0x80800000,16M ip=off nohlt > > [ 0.000000] MXC GPIO hardware > > [ 0.000000] MXC IRQ initialized > > [ 0.000000] MX35ADS EXPIO(CPLD) hardware > > [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 2048 bytes) > > [ 0.000000] Clock input source is 26000000 > > [42949372.960000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) > > [42949372.960000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) > > [42949372.970000] Memory: 128MB = 128MB total > > [42949372.970000] Memory: 110832KB available (2264K code, 180K data, 104K init) > > [42949372.970000] Calibrating delay loop... 1556.48 BogoMIPS (lpj=7782400) > > [42949373.200000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 > > [42949373.200000] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok > > [42949373.210000] net_namespace: 288 bytes > > [42949373.210000] NET: Registered protocol family 16 > > [42949373.230000] checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio > > magic); looks like an initrd > > [42949378.430000] Freeing initrd memory: 16384K > > [42949378.430000] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) © 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc. > > [42949378.440000] msgmni has been set to 248 > > [42949378.440000] io scheduler noop registered > > [42949378.440000] io scheduler anticipatory registered > > [42949378.440000] io scheduler deadline registered > > [42949378.440000] io scheduler cfq registered (default) > > [42949378.440000] Serial: IMX driver > > [42949378.440000] imx-uart.0: ttymxc0 at MMIO 0x43f90000 (irq = 45) is a IMX > > [42949378.440000] console [ttymxc0] enabled > > [42949378.510000] brd: module loaded > > [42949378.520000] loop: module loaded > > [42949378.520000] TCP cubic registered > > [42949378.520000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 > > [42949378.530000] RPC: Registered udp transport module. > > [42949378.530000] RPC: Registered tcp transport module. > > [42949378.530000] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 1 part > > 20 variant b rev 3 > > [42949378.530000] RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > [42949384.110000] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > [42949384.110000] Freeing init memory: 104K > > [42949384.120000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > > > > > good luck, > > Marek > > -- > as simple as primitive as possible > ---------------------------------------------- > Marek Beliško - open-nandra > Ruská Nová Ves 219 > 08005 Prešov > Slovakia > http://open-nandra.com -- Regards, Murali N -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ