Messages in this thread | | | From | "John Z. Bohach" <> | Subject | Re: large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing | Date | Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:35:36 -0700 |
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> > Sorry, I thought initramfs would be clear on its own that its not > > initrd, but I guess some people do use it interchangeably. Anyway, > > I have some experience in programming, so is there anything you > > could suggest that I might tweak to test your theory on the > > decompressor? Or would this be more of a kernel VM allocator > > issue? Also, would ramdisk_size have any bearing on this? > > initramfs can be built in or loaded via the initrd protocol. > > Anyway, it's hard to say for sure what to look for, but the first > thing is to try to "fence" the problem... that is, establish the > latest point which is successfully crossed and the earliest point > which is not.
Fair enough...I'll start with a 2 GB boundary and see where it takes me...thanks for you feedback.
--john
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