Bug#363344: initramfs-tools and HyperSPARC processor

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

severity 363344 important
tags 363344 moreinfo
thanks

cher bertrand,

On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:04:08PM +0200, BERTRAND Joël wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.59b
> Severity: grave
> Arch: sparc

hmm it may be serious, but for now i go for important.
anyway you omitted lots of information.
 
>     It is impossible to build a ramfs image on a HyperSPARC 
> workstation.

please post the error when trying to build the initramfs?

> I have try to install etch/sparc on a SS20 that runs with 
> four HyperSPARC processors. When it boots, system hangs when it tries to 
> load the ramfs image.

please post the relevant messages.
are you dropped into a console?
are your devices created?

> If I replace HyperSPARC by SuperSPARC-II, I can 
> restart the workstation without any trouble. I have tested some 
> configurations and some differents sparc32 CPU's. The only combinaison 
> that fails is ramfs created by initramfs-tools with HyperSPARC.

trave11er notified me of some sparc trouble,
but from aboves bug report i have no idea where they could come from.

does fstype work?
please post output of:
/usr/lib/klibc/bin/fstype < /dev/sda1 # please use your real root
cat /proc/cmdline
lsmod

merci beacoup pour vos explications.
sinon il m'est impossible de savoir ce qui ce passe.

sincèrement

-- 
maks