Hi,
I have a similar issue. (kernel 2.6.18)
A simple initramfs, which contains busybox (static) & /init. I add
random garbage. (just to increase the kernelsize)
When the kernelsize is about 3 MB, I get "Uncompressing
Linux........................................................................................................................
done, booting the kernel.", but no further response anymore. (I waited >
10 minutes)
Jerry, did you figure out what was going wrong?
Anyone else with a good idea?
Theo
Jerry Johns wrote:
Hello all,
I’ve gone down the path of using initramfs on the DM6446 seeing as a
product I’m developing requires both NAND booting / CF card access,
both of which cannot be realized simultaneously without doing a few
tricks.
I’ve setup the CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=”..” line to reflect my
filesystem folder (am using the ramdisk that came with the PSP for
1.30 DVSDK), and compiled the kernel.
The kernel as expected, bloated up to about 5Mb.
Booting the kernel over TFTP, I notice that it started hanging after
the “Uncompressing Linux.................” stage.
It was only after I waited for about 5 mins, that it eventually went
through to full boot (and the RAMFS did mount)
However, I suspect these messages that it printed out where the cause
of the long wait-time:
“request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1”
A further followup showed that none of the dynamic device nodes
(/dev/video0, /dev/cmem, etc.) were not created in /dev!
Loadmodules.sh did not populate /dev/cmem, so I’m not sure why that is
happening, and if it is related to my long bootime.
Either way, any help will be appreciated!
Thanks,
***Jerry Johns*
/Design Engineer/
/Nuvation Research Corp - Canada/
/Tel: (519) 746-2304 ext. 221/
/www.nuvation.com/ <http://www.nuvation.com>
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