On 2017-01-10 18:05, Ralf Ramsauer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm experiencing some issues with Linux inmates on ARM on my Jetson TK1
> since inmate kernel 4.9.
> 
> While the same .config works fine with 4.8, since 4.9 I get the
> following error message:
> 
> [    0.311186] Unpacking initramfs...
> [    0.311211] Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive
> 
> and of course, a few messages later this is followed by an 'unable to
> mount rootfs'.
> 
> Now, the point is that my initramfs is actually an uncompressed one (I'm
> using buildroot for generating it). There is no point in compressing it.

Mine are uncompressed as well, hmm...

> 
> But even if I'm gzipping it before: I still get the same error message
> (while 4.8 is able to successfully boot the compressed archive).
> Recompressing it with cpio doesn't solve the issue as well, so I doubt
> that my archive is broken...
> 
> The code producing this error message (in init/initramfs.c) wasn't
> touched since 09/15, so this must be something else...
> 
> Anyone any suggestions?

Kernel too big? Try playing with our magic formula:

            # leave sufficient space between the kernel and the initrd
            image_size += kernel_size * 4

(this sucks...)

I had an offlist report on x86 issues as well.

Jan

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