Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758072AbYAYRxD (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:53:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752344AbYAYRww (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:52:52 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:59253 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752169AbYAYRwv (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:52:51 -0500 Message-ID: <479A21EA.4040201@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:52:42 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jack Harvard CC: Jan Engelhardt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Q: linux failed to execute /init? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 759 Lines: 17 Jack Harvard wrote: > This is reproduceable and it happens every time. IMHO, I also suspect > this could be caused by some obscure timing issues, as the kernel is > booting up from an FPGA-prototyped SoC, the same Linux image was > running fine on a previous build of FPGA-prototyped SoC, but it's > coming across this /init failed problem repeatedly on the currently > running newly built bit file. Sounds like a problem in your drivers, and/or your memory controller. Especially the memory controller. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/