On 6/9/06, Chris Dumoulin <cdumoulin at ics-ltd.com> wrote: > I've now determined that my kernel seems to stop in the following line > of code, in the function init(void * unused), in init/main.c: > run_init_process("/sbin/init");
Who's init are you using?? Are you using Busyboxes or sysinit from GNU? > I've determined that it stops at this call by stepping through the code > with a BDI2000. > > My boot arguments are: > console=ttyS0,57600n8 ip=off root=/dev/ram0 rw > > My current inittab is: > ::sysinit:/etc/rc.sh > ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot > ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a > ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r > ::restart:/sbin/init > ::respawn:/bin/sh > > I've tried adding an "echo" command to the /etc/rc.sh script that is > called, but I don't see any output. I've also trying changing the > ::sysinit line in inittab to point to some non-existent script, to see > if I'll get some error message, but I still see nothing. Is it possible > that /sbin/init is dying before it gets to the point of reading inittab? > Any ideas? > > Regards, > Chris Dumoulin > > > Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > >In message <44888B92.40409 at ics-ltd.com> you wrote: > > > > > >>I am using the linux kernel 2.6.15 and initrd ramdisk image from ELDK > >>4.0. Currently, I seem to be able to boot without errors, but after the > >>root filesystem is mounted, things just stop. > >> > >> > > > >And what's your console device? Are you passing any console= > >arguments on the command line? Is the corresponding device entry > >present in the /dev/directory? > > > >Best regards, > > > >Wolfgang Denk > > > > > > > > -- > *--Christopher Dumoulin--* > Software Team Leader > > <http://ics-ltd.com/> > <http://ics-ltd.com/> > > Interactive Circuits and Systems Ltd. > 5430 Canotek Road > Ottawa, ON > K1J 9G2 > (613)749-9241 > 1-800-267-9794 (USA only) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This e-mail is private and confidential and is for the addressee only. > If misdirected, please notify us by telephone and confirm that it has > been deleted from your system and any hard copies destroyed. You are > strictly prohibited from using, printing, distributing or disseminating > it or any information contained in it save to the intended recipient. > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >