[Cbe-oss-dev] Kernel Install warnings

[Adam Clark]

On Jan 11, 2008 8:42 PM, Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmerino at ac.upc.edu> wrote:
> On 11/01/2008, at 5:11, Adam Clark wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >   I just had my first attempt at a kernel build from the git source
> > and while there were no errors but it got to the nash screen and could
> > not boot.
> >
> > I am compiling a kernel for fedora 8 to hopefully get the wireless
> > going
> >
> > my yaboot entry is:
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce
> >         label=ps3
> >         read-only
> >         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce.img
> >         append="video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb quiet "
> >
> > but it could not mount the root file system, citing root=/dev/root
> > could not be found.
>
> What is you disk setup?  Did you use any custom partitioning?
nothing special, the system boots fine with the standard fedora 8 kernel.

[root at localhost ps3-linux]# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/ps3da1            9640260   5347004   3795648  59% /
tmpfs                   108384        68    108316   1% /dev/shm
[root at localhost ps3-linux]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/ps3da: 10.7 GB, 10737414144 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x71508340

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/ps3da1   *           1        1239     9952236   83  Linux
/dev/ps3da2            1240        1305      530145   82  Linux swap / Solaris


> I bet your problem is caused by this:
>
>         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389331
>
> Applying that patch to nash, reinstalling it and then recreating the
> initrd should resolve it.
>
> (Any chance for that bug being closed anytime soon?  It's biting too
> much people...)
I am using the explicit device rather than a label in my yaboot.conf:

root=/dev/ps3da1
[root at localhost ps3-linux]# e2label /dev/ps3da1
/

> > Could it have anything to do with the following warnings I recieve
> > upon make install
> >
> > WARNING: No module ehci-hcd found for kernel 2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce,
> > continuing anyway
> > WARNING: No module ohci-hcd found for kernel 2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce,
> > continuing anyway
> > WARNING: No module uhci-hcd found for kernel 2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce,
> > continuing anyway
> > WARNING: No module ps3rom found for kernel 2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce,
> > continuing anyway
> > WARNING: No module ps3disk found for kernel 2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce,
> > continuing anyway
>
> I also see these warnings here, but they are harmless.  The default
> configuration hardcodes those modules in the kernel.

Well, thats what I assumed, but it still stalls at boot.

I am attmepting to recompile with ps3rom and ps3disk as modules.

Regards

Adam