Re: [MIPS] Build an embedded initramfs into mips kernel

["Alex Gonzalez" <alex@langabe.org>]

Hi,

I have a detailed description of the process I went through at my blog
http://www.langabe.org/2007/10/adding-initramfs-support-to-linux.html

It might help you to compare notes.

Alex

On Dec 18, 2007 10:47 PM, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 12:09:46AM +0200, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> > On 12/18/07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> > > Make sure your /init doesn't depend on an interpreter or library which
> > > isn't available.
> >
> > Thank you for your answer.
> >
> > I already checked.
> >
> > /init is hardlink to busybox, it depends on libc.so.0 which is available at 
> > /lib
>
> Are you sure that libc.so.0 is enough and that you don't need any ld.so ?
>
> > But shouldn't I get a different error code if this is the case?
>
> If it does not find part of the dynamic linker or libraries, this error
> makes sense to me.
>
> You should try to build a static init with any stupid thing such as a
> hello world to ensure that the problem really comes from the init and
> nothing else.
>
> Regards,
> Willy
>
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