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| author | Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de> | 2010-03-05 13:42:39 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -0800 |
| commit | 9a85b8d6049cbb0e7961df2069322fbc4192026a (patch) | |
| tree | e9e397a35ea33f198da51027db028bf91a090b4d /init | |
| parent | 87d5e0236d9d688fb575e9e12232764ac617617c (diff) | |
init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure
- new Documentation/init.txt file describing various forms of failure
trying to load the init binary after kernel bootup
- extend the init/main.c init failure message to direct to
Documentation/init.txt
Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/main.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index 41d0f10dbbc..b09a828f38b 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -847,7 +847,8 @@ static noinline int init_post(void) run_init_process("/bin/init"); run_init_process("/bin/sh"); - panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel."); + panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. " + "See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance."); } static int __init kernel_init(void * unused) |