[ydl-gen] Kernel hacking

[Takashi Nakamura]

Hi Warren.


> For a number of reasons, I have gone into the kernel hacking business  
> in YDL 5.02 on a PS3 and started by taking the 2.6.23 kernel (from  
> the most recent CELL linux ADDON iso) and compiling it, following the  
> instructions in the Cell Performance article on making huge pages. I  
> made the appropriate changes in the kboot.conf file to reflect the  
> new kernel and tried to boot. SInce this is my first attempt at  
> kernel manufacture, I was not surprised that it didn't work: I got an  
> error message "switchroot: mount failed" and a kernel panic.

Name of PS3 storage device is renamed to '/dev/ps3daN' from '/dev/sdN' 
on 2.6.23 kernel.
So, name of root device is changed to '/dev/ps3da2'.

Did you change name of root device in 'kboot.conf'?

You must change name of root device in 'kboot.conf' as follows :
|  ydl_htlb      ='/dev/sda1:/vmlinux-2.6.16_HTLB initrd=/dev/sda1:/initrd-2.6.16_HTLB.img \
|  root=/dev/ps3da2 init=/sbin/init video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb'


Regards.
--
Takashi Nakamura<nakamura at fixstars.com>