Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:37:22 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] kernel 2.6.33-rc4 OOPS's with large initramfs |
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On 03/20/2010 01:22 PM, Nigel Kukard wrote: > > > >>>> How much RAM are you giving your VM? The default for Qemu is 128 MB, >>>> and if you have a 110 MB initramfs it's hardly surprising that you get >>>> an out of memory error. >>>> >>> The kernel now boots where it booted for my 64bit box. >>> >>> The main problem though is the instant reboots for bzip2 and lzma >>> compressed initramfs images. The change for printf to /usr/bin/printf >>> both render the sane end result when run with the same commandline being >>> run in the makefile, so this isn't the issue. >>> >>> >> Oh, you have *that* problem. >> >> What printf is being used? > > coreutils 8.4 and 7.5 and bash all give me the same result for the > commandline being run. This was just one of the things I tried and it > didn't fix the problem. > > Here is what is run from the buildlog... > (cat arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin | lzma -9 && printf > \\150\\111\\241\\007) > arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.lzma || (rm > -f arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.lzma ; false) > > I tested printf out... > # printf \\150\\111\\241\\007 | xxd > 0000000: 6849 a107 hI.. > > coreutils 7.5 > # /usr/bin/printf \\150\\111\\241\\007 | xxd > 0000000: 6849 a107 hI.. > > coreutils 8.4 > # /usr/bin/printf \\150\\111\\241\\007 | xxd > 0000000: 6849 a107 hI.. > > > That confirms it? its not the b0rked printf issue afaics :) >
Okay, so why the f*ck did you mention that instead of answering the question I asked? *How much memory does your VM have?*
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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