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SubjectRe: init process freezed after run_init_process
>> Make your own initrd and put a bash into it. Then start that, e.g. (for
>> our linux live cd), initrd=initrd.sqfs root=/dev/ram0 init=/bin/bash
>
> I have tried these kernel parameters:
> init=/bin/bash
> init=/linuxrc
> init=/init
> init=/sbin/init
> None works.

What's the error message?

> Also, after some google, I found that the format of initrd has changed.
> I also tried a new initrd with cpio format. The kernel recognized it:

cpio initrd's (aka initramfs) are new - the "old style" initrd where you
`mksquasfs mydir initrd.sqfs` (see above) continues to work, though.

> After the kernel start, I add breakpoints at cpu_idle and do_schedule.
> cpu_idle never reached, only do_schedule did. Is that strange?

Until pid 1 is started, the cpu should never be idle.


Jan Engelhardt
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