[Cbe-oss-dev] Custom partition layout troubles with Kboot?

[Geoff Levand]

On 12/19/2007 06:13 AM, Robert McGwier wrote:
> Edward Strong wrote:
>> Still stuck on this, I'm afraid.  Any help would be most appreciative.
>> 
>>> Apologies, I should have mentioned that I am indeed using the initrd
>>> generated using the "make install" script in the kernel source.  Trying to
>>> specify the direct path (boot=/dev/ps3da3) does work with the stock Fedora
>>> kernel but not with the development tree kernel.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Edward
>> 
> 
> That is my experience as well.  I cannot boot the latest git pull since
> I do not allow LVM, etc. to start.  I am attempting to boot from
> /dev/ps3da3 and it cannot find the right entry in /dev. I did the custom
> partition when LVM would not work on the FC7 disks.

It is difficult to say what is wrong, but at the kboot prompt
type 'mount' and 'fdisk -l' and post the output.

Also, try this patch and see if there are any messages indicating a
problem with the device or driver.

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
index 4288b98..a58d8be 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  */
-
+#define DEBUG
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>

-Geoff