Bug#342931: doesn't work on alpha

[Norbert Tretkowski <tretkowski@inittab.de>]

Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.42
Severity: normal

I gave initramfs-tools a new try on my alpha, but it failed to create
a working initrd:

SCSI subsystem initialized
qla1280: QLA1040 found on PCI bus 1, dev 8
scsi(0:0): Resetting SCSI BUS
scsi0 : QLogic QLA1040 PCI to SCSI Host Adapter
       Firmware version:  7.65.06, Driver version 3.25
  Vendor: MICROP    Model: 3391WS            Rev: X502
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi(0:0:0:0): Sync: period 10, offset 12, Wide
SCSI device sda: 17780058 512-byte hdwr sectors (9103 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 17780058 512-byte hdwr sectors (9103 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

The qla1280 module is the right one for my rootfilesystem, the ext3
module is also loaded.


Using break=mount:

SCSI subsystem initialized
qla1280: QLA1040 found on PCI bus 1, dev 8
scsi(0:0): Resetting SCSI BUS
scsi0 : QLogic QLA1040 PCI to SCSI Host Adapter
       Firmware version:  7.65.06, Driver version 3.25
  Vendor: MICROP    Model: 3391WS            Rev: X502
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi(0:0:0:0): Sync: period 10, offset 12, Wide
SCSI device sda: 17780058 512-byte hdwr sectors (9103 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 17780058 512-byte hdwr sectors (9103 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
<system hangs>


Using break=init:

SCSI subsystem initialized
qla1280: QLA1040 found on PCI bus 1, dev 8
scsi(0:0): Resetting SCSI BUS
scsi0 : QLogic QLA1040 PCI to SCSI Host Adapter
       Firmware version:  7.65.06, Driver version 3.25
  Vendor: MICROP    Model: 3391WS            Rev: X502
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi(0:0:0:0): Sync: period 10, offset 12, Wide
SCSI device sda: 17780058 512-byte hdwr sectors (9103 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 17780058 512-byte hdwr sectors (9103 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
<system hangs>

Please ask if you need more informations. I'm really interested to get
initramfs-tools working on alpha, because it's not possible to upgrade
from a running 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel with yaird.

Regards, Norbert