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SubjectRe: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"?
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>>>
>>> All right.
>>> I see that initramfs is attached to the kernel itself.
>>>
>>> So it leaves me only a question: will I fit all tools into 300 kB
>>> (considering I'll use uClibc and busybox)?
>>>
>>
>> You don't need to use busybox and have a bunch of tools.
>>
>> The klibc distribution comes with "kinit", which does the equivalent
>> to the kernel root-mounting code; it's in the tens of kilobytes, at
>> least on x86. If you're using ARM, you can compile it as Thumb.
>
> Hmm, I'm having problems compiling klibc-1.4 on ARM (using gcc-4.1.1):
>

Could you send me your kernel .config, as well as what version of the
kernel you're building against?

-hpa

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