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

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> 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?

Yes, that's true, too. So you need:
  1) rootdelay=XXX
  2) root=/dev/sdYYY

And depending on the ordering of the universe, the actual /dev/sdYYY may be
different during next bootup...

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect
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