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

[Michael Ellerman]

On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 22:14 +1000, Jonathan Adamczewski wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Jonathan Adamczewski wrote:
> >
> >> Any ideas?
> > 
> > Probably it panics because it cannot find a root file system.
> > As ps3fb has to copy the screen contents from main memory to graphics memory
> > on every vertical blank, it's quite possible the system comes to a halt in
> > between the printing of the panic message and the copying to graphics memory,
> > hence you never see the panic message.
> 
> 
> I'm booting from a CF card.  I have all the necessary drivers
> compiled into the kernel (I believe).  ROOT is set to the correct label.

I always assumed the mount-by-label was done in the initrd?

cheers
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