[Cbe-oss-dev] Can't boot PS3 without using initrd

[Jonathan Adamczewski]

I've been trying to set up an initrd-free boot for my PS3 without
success.  I've built everything I can identify as being necessary
into the kernel, turned off initrd support, and get a kernel that
loads, flashes some penguins and text to the screen for the briefest
of moments and then the screen goes black and the system freezes -
no lights indicating activity, press the power button until the
second beep to shutdown.

I have tried kernel 2.6.29 and 2.6.30-rc7 with the same result.

Booting a working (with initrd) kernel without the initrd=foo part
of the command line results in the same black screen and no response.

I'm currently running 2.6.30-rc7 with initrd support without problem.

Any ideas?

jonathan.