Hello,

I have a box that has XFS root partition, I have kernel 2.6.26.3 that boots
pretty well on that box. Today, I've tried 2.6.27-rc7 (so that I can test
NFSv4 over IPv6), but the kernel is unable to boot. It says that root
partition is mounted, XFS file system but no init found.

If I pass init=/bin/bash, it complains that /bin/bash not found, trying fall
back to init and no init found at all. If I change root from /dev/sda1 to
/dev/sdb1, it complains that root file system not found and I have
possibilities: /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3, /dev/sda4.

The same kernel (not the same binary) boots ok on similar box but with ext3
root file system.

The kernel config was made from 2.6.26.3 (that works pretty well) with make
oldconfig.

Any clues?

The broken config is attached, am I something missing or is there a bug in
2.6.27-rc7 related to XFS root?

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Luk
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Can you paste the error messages or send pointers to screen shots of
the error?

If you go back to 2.6.26.3, does the kernel boot ok?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com
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this one is if I pass init=/bin/bash

indeed.


this is a grub record:

title Linux 2.6.26.3
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.3 root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0

title Linux 2.6.27-rc7
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc7 root=/dev/sda1 ro 


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Lukáš Hejtmánek
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and try mounting root by label? (or UUID ...)

-Eric

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no, using printk's I found that search_binary_handler is the one that fails.
Dunno why.

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Lukáš Hejtmánek
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Hmmm - the filesystem mounted without errors, but init was not

Same again, it's unable to run the init process.

Of course, kernel_execve() throws away any error that might
have occurred, so without hacking the init code we can't find out

Ok, is the 2.6.27 kernel based on the same config as the 2.6.26

Does it boot if you take away the "ro" option?

Cheers,


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Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com
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