[arm] iop32x panics instead of starting d-i from initrd

I thought it was again an issue with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=8192 but wget -O - http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/jaunty/main/installer-armel/current/images/iop32x/netboot/initrd.gz | gunzip -c | wc -c
3727360

so should be enough.

Loic,

Is the kernel config of the netbook version iop32x kernel the same as the debian/config/armel/config.iop32x? and what is the filesystem type of the initrd? I guess it is ext2, right?

Thanks
-Bryan

It's the same kernel binary, the FS is cromfs I think:
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/jaunty/main/installer-armel/current/images/iop32x/netboot/initrd.gz -O - | gunzip -c | file -
Linux Compressed ROM File System data, little endian size 3727360 version #2 sorted_dirs CRC 0xc381c7b, edition 0, 2083 blocks, 504 files

it is cromfs or cramfs? We need compile cramfs in the kernel instead of a module.
From the config of the iop32x, I think this should be the problem.

Do you want me to provide a patch to merge and then you test that kernel?

-Bryan

Loic,

I thinkt the initrd is cramfs, so I am going to submit a patch for review.
I tried to mount the initrd on my PC.
http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/141674/

And one more thing is the initrd size is bigger than 8M using df. Maybe we need to expand the size of the RAM_SIZE to 16M. But firstly I will try to compile cramfs to the kernel.

Thanks
-Bryan

Fix committed.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.28-11.39

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linux (2.6.28-11.39) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Alan Tull ]

  * SAUCE: mx51: fix to1.1 in mxc_iomux_set_input
    - LP: #348333

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * SAUCE: acer: rfkill disable quirk for ACER Aspire One
    - LP: #319825

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * ARM: Increase CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE for imx51 flavour.
    - LP: #349842
  * ARM: Enable rtl8187 for imx51
    - LP: #349526
  * ARM: Unset CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG for imx51
    - LP: #348504

  [ Bryan Wu ]

  * build CRAMFS into kernel to support mounting CRAMFS initrd on iop32x
    machine
    - LP: #349104

  [ Michael Casadevall ]

  * [lpia] Change ATA, SCSI, SD, ext2-4 modules into compiled-in components
    - LP: #347458

  [ Rob Herring ]

  * SAUCE: imx51: fec: fix cache operations for receive
    - LP: #348333

  [ Sam Yang ]

  * SAUCE: Revert ENGR00103870 FEC reopening causes network wdog timeout
    - LP: #348333
  * SAUCE: imx51: fec cache flush functions are incorrect
    - LP: #348333

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Bluetooth: Add fine grained mem_flags usage to btusb driver
    - LP: #268502
  * Bluetooth: Handle bulk URBs in btusb driver from notify callback
    - LP: #268502
  * Bluetooth: Submit bulk URBs along with interrupt URBs
    - LP: #268502

 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:37:32 -0600

I confirm this bug was fixed, but the netboot image is useless as the network driver is too flaky to allow an install.