> Redistribution prohibited, all rights reserved.
> Press <ESC>
> NIC up in: 1180 mS
> Link up
> Checking NIC
> Booting...
> 00200000 loaded from flash.
> Booting Linux with: console=uart,io,0x3f8 init=/etc/preinit
> rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2
> Linux version 2.6.37.6 (devreports@stage) (gcc version 4.5.4 20110808
> (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.5-2011.08) ) #3 Tue Aug 28 14:18:18 EEST 2012
> BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
>  BIOS-e801: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
>  BIOS-e801: 0000000000100000 - 0000000002000000 (usable)
> Early serial console at I/O port 0x3f8 (options '115200')
> bootconsole [uart0] enabled
> Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection missing in CPU or disabled in BIOS!
> last_pfn = 0x2000 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
> init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-0000000002000000
> 32MB LOWMEM available.
>   mapped low ram: 0 - 02000000
>   low ram: 0 - 02000000
> Zone PFN ranges:
>   DMA      0x00000010 -> 0x00001000
>   Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x00002000
> Movable zone start PFN for each node
> early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
>     0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
>     0: 0x00000100 -> 0x00002000
> Allocating PCI resources starting at 2000000 (gap: 2000000:fe000000)
> Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 8015
> Kernel command line: console=uart,io,0x3f8 init=/etc/preinit
> rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2
> PID hash table entries: 128 (order: -3, 512 bytes)
> Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
> Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
> Initializing CPU#0
> Memory: 30020k/32768k available (1351k kernel code, 2296k reserved, 360k
> data, 136k init, 0k highmem)
> virtual kernel memory layout:
>     fixmap  : 0xfffe4000 - 0xfffff000   ( 108 kB)
>     vmalloc : 0xc2800000 - 0xfffe2000   ( 983 MB)
>     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xc2000000   (  32 MB)
>       .init : 0xc02ac000 - 0xc02ce000   ( 136 kB)
>       .data : 0xc0251c65 - 0xc02abfa0   ( 360 kB)
>       .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc0251c65   (1351 kB)
> Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
> NR_IRQS:16
> I-pipe 2.9-00: pipeline enabled.
> console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
> console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
> Calibrating delay loop... 49.02 BogoMIPS (lpj=98048)
> pid_max: default: 4096 minimum: 301
> Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
> Performance Events:
> CPU: RDC R3210/R3211
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> NET: Registered protocol family 16
> PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
> bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> Switching to clocksource pit
> pci 0000:00:09.0: BAR 0: assigned [io  0x1000-0x10ff]
> pci 0000:00:09.0: BAR 0: set to [io  0x1000-0x10ff] (PCI address
> [0x1000-0x10ff])
> pci 0000:00:09.0: BAR 1: assigned [mem 0x04000000-0x040000ff]
> pci 0000:00:09.0: BAR 1: set to [mem 0x04000000-0x040000ff] (PCI address
> [0x4000000-0x40000ff])
> NET: Registered protocol family 2
> IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
> TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024)
> TCP reno registered
> NET: Registered protocol family 1
> platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found)
> squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
> JFFS2 version 2.2 (NAND) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red
> Hat, Inc.
> msgmni has been set to 58
> io scheduler noop registered
> io scheduler deadline registered (default)
> Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 2 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
> serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> brd: module loaded
> rdc321x-gpio rdc321x-gpio: registering 58 GPIOs
> TCP westwood registered
> NET: Registered protocol family 17
> 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <gree...@candelatech.com>
> All bugs added by David S. Miller <da...@redhat.com>
> rdc_flash: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank. Manufacturer ID
> 0x00007f Chip ID 0x0022cb
> Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table at 0x0040
>   Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query version 1.1.
> number of CFI chips: 1
> 3 Bifferboard partitions found on MTD device rdc_flash
> Creating 3 MTD partitions on "rdc_flash":
> 0x000000000000-0x000000200000 : "kernel"
> 0x000000200000-0x0000007f0000 : "rootfs"
> mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem
> split_squashfs: no squashfs found in "rdc_flash"
> 0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "biffboot"
> VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem) on device 31:1.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 136k freed
> Failed to execute /etc/preinit.  Attempting defaults...
> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.  Try passing init= option to
> kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
> Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37.6 #3
> Call Trace:
>  [<c024fb30>] ? 0xc024fb30
>  [<c02ac5c0>] ? 0xc02ac5c0
>  [<c010108b>] ? 0xc010108b
>  [<c02ac6bd>] ? 0xc02ac6bd
>  [<c0102a66>] ? 0xc0102a66

> I have ordered some new biffers but I have the following problem when I am
> flashing them with an image that it is running on several older biffers.
[snip]
> The file /etc/preinit is included on the image and it is executable too.

> Do you have any idea which could be the problem?

> Hi,

> I used to write on cmndline

>> console=uart,io,0x3f8 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2

> Now I have written:

>> console=uart,io,0x3f8 init=/etc/preinit rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2

> And as you can see, the log the kernel log says:

>> Failed to execute /etc/preinit.  Attempting defaults...
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.  Try passing init= option to
>> kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
>> Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37.6 #3
>> Call Trace:
>>  [<c024fb30>] ? 0xc024fb30
>>  [<c02ac5c0>] ? 0xc02ac5c0
>>  [<c010108b>] ? 0xc010108b
>>  [<c02ac6bd>] ? 0xc02ac6bd
>>  [<c0102a66>] ? 0xc0102a66

> The file /etc/preinit is included on the image and it is executable too.

> Kostas

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> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Andrew Scheller <ya...@loowis.durge.org>
> wrote:

>> > I have ordered some new biffers but I have the following problem when I
>> > am
>> > flashing them with an image that it is running on several older biffers.
>> [snip]
>> > The file /etc/preinit is included on the image and it is executable too.

>> > Do you have any idea which could be the problem?

>> I've not looked at the kernel log in much detail, but I wonder if this
>> could be the classic case of the kernel cmndline (or other boot
>> parameters) being set wrong?
>> Different versions of biffboot use different kernel cmndlines...
>> https://sites.google.com/site/bifferboard/Home/bootloader/changelog

>> Andrew

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> And you say the same flash image definitely works fine on earlier
> bifferboards (i.e. bifferboards with an earlier version of BiffBoot)?
> Might not be the cause of your problem, but ISTR this same error
> message appearing when one of the programs that preinit tried to
> execute wasn't marked as executable.
> What happens when you change the cmndline to init=/bin/sh ?
> I guess the other thing to check is your kernelmax setting - if it's
> 'wrong' for your flash image Biffboot will pass the wrong MTD map to
> the kernel, and the kernel will be unable to mount the rootfs.

> Lurch

> On 29 August 2012 10:48, Konstantinos Aravanis <kos.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,

> > I used to write on cmndline

> >> console=uart,io,0x3f8 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2

> > Now I have written:

> >> console=uart,io,0x3f8 init=/etc/preinit rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2

> > And as you can see, the log the kernel log says:

> >> Failed to execute /etc/preinit.  Attempting defaults...
> >> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.  Try passing init= option to
> >> kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
> >> Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.37.6 #3
> >> Call Trace:
> >>  [<c024fb30>] ? 0xc024fb30
> >>  [<c02ac5c0>] ? 0xc02ac5c0
> >>  [<c010108b>] ? 0xc010108b
> >>  [<c02ac6bd>] ? 0xc02ac6bd
> >>  [<c0102a66>] ? 0xc0102a66

> > The file /etc/preinit is included on the image and it is executable too.

> > Kostas

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> > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Andrew Scheller <ya...@loowis.durge.org

> > wrote:

> >> > I have ordered some new biffers but I have the following problem when
> I
> >> > am
> >> > flashing them with an image that it is running on several older
> biffers.
> >> [snip]
> >> > The file /etc/preinit is included on the image and it is executable
> too.

> >> > Do you have any idea which could be the problem?

> >> I've not looked at the kernel log in much detail, but I wonder if this
> >> could be the classic case of the kernel cmndline (or other boot
> >> parameters) being set wrong?
> >> Different versions of biffboot use different kernel cmndlines...
> >> https://sites.google.com/site/bifferboard/Home/bootloader/changelog

> >> Andrew

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