From 8eaa402ba190f5ae24091e3293b0108588741bbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Joseph Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:48:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc/platform/kevin/notes.md: mention CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE issue --- doc/platform/kevin/notes.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/platform/kevin/notes.md b/doc/platform/kevin/notes.md index e9b7eeb..11548ce 100644 --- a/doc/platform/kevin/notes.md +++ b/doc/platform/kevin/notes.md @@ -1 +1,8 @@ # kevin: platform-specific notes + +Early versions of ownerboot put the initramfs into the kernel image +using `CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE`. This would cause the boot process +to hang somewhere during the coreboot-to-Linux handoff process for +certain builds; the trigger seemed to have something to do with file +sizes. Overall it was not very reliable. Putting the initramfs in +the FIT image instead solved this problem.