I've just upgraded my kernel from 1.2.3 to 2.0.28 and created a boot disk
using
make zdisk
When I try to boot the new kernel, it prints out all the diagnostic messages
up to the point where it mounts the ext2fs filesystem, and then it just
hangs.
I've tracked the error down to this protion of the code in init/main.c:
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while (1) {
pid = kernel_thread(do_shell,
execute_command ? execute_command : "/bin/sh",
SIGCHLD);
if (pid < 0) {
printf("Fork failed in init\n\r");
continue;
}
while (1)
/**************************RIGHT HERE !!!! ***************************/
if (pid == wait(&i))
/****************************************** ***************************/
break;
printf("\n\rchild %d died with code %04x\n\r",pid,i);
sync();
}
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In other words, its blockin/dying on the wait for the child process - the
kernel_thread process?
Upon using printk, I have been able to get the following error message
printed:
"Child process died with error code 1100"
Anyone knows what this error code means in the context of the kernel?
This wasthe error code that the kernel_thrad routine produced.
I'd appreciate any help you can give as I am VERY FRUSTRATED with this
problem.
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Olufemi Anthony "Without struggle...
femibyte@onyx.interactive.net there is no progress..."
http://www.interactive.net/~femibyte Frederick Douglas
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