Hi

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:14 PM,  <abhiruchi.g@vaultinfo.com> wrote:
quoted text
> hi,
>   To build cross toolchain for MIPS, should I choose shared library option. My kernel hangs after :
>
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> /sbin/init

The "unable to open an initial console" message is a red herring.  I
have seen it many times, e.g. running OpenWrt.  It doesn't seem to be
a problem.

quoted text
> The function is in init/main.c.
>
> static int noinline init_post(void)
> {
>        ..
>        ..
>        ..
>
>        if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
>                printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> \n");
>
>        (void) sys_dup(0);
>        (void) sys_dup(0);
>
>        if (ramdisk_execute_command) {
>                run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command);
>                printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to execute %s\n",
>                                ramdisk_execute_command);
>        }
>
>        ..
>        ..
>        printk(KERN_WARNING "-- ag. sbin init\n");
>        run_init_process("/sbin/init");
>        printk(KERN_WARNING "-- ag. etc init\n");
>        run_init_process("/etc/init");
>        printk(KERN_WARNING "-- ag. bin init\n");
>        run_init_process("/bin/init");
>        printk(KERN_WARNING "-- ag. bin sh\n");
>        run_init_process("/bin/sh");
>
>        panic("No init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel.");
>
>  }

-- 
Michael Wood <esiotrot@gmail.com>
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