@Dave: Ack, I understand the same as you do so far. The initramfs is the output of building the "debian-installer" packages, and it allows setting in which format you want that file; I've put "initramfs" explicitly and checked the code which does call cpio -H newc back then, so I confirm that it's created correctly.
I've submitted a patch to add CONFIG_CRAMFS=y to make use of the fallback you mention (initrd in ramdisk block device) while we figure out what's wrong with initramfs. I agree with you it's either a kernel or qemu bug, but given that I saw initramfs unpacking work on real imx51 boards' dmesgs (in other bug reports), I tend to believe it's a qemu issue, but I don't know enought of the format to look into it. Thanks, -- Can't boot initramfses https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs