Re: [Xen-users] Xen boot failed while mount root FS.

[David Laban <alsuren@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > Just run the mkinitrd to create a new initrd. I compiled my sata
> > drivers statically in the kernel and then used --built-in=ata_piix
> > with mkinitrd to specify that its already built in the kernel. 

I am having the same problem as Adam, but using nForce sata (sata_nv) (running 
Gentoo: I just went through the SATA section of menuconfig and changed all 
options to exactly the same as they are for my working install, but it's not 
working.)

OOOOOH! I just went back and checked all of "SCSI device support" recursively, 
and found:
gentoo: <*>   SCSI disk support 
xen: <M>   SCSI disk support
If this works, I will laugh heartily: If sata is compiled in, and it relies on 
the SCSI module, it might as well be a module itself :P I wonder if there's 
supposed to be dependency checking for that sort of thing.

##other notes##
the xen menuconfig has      PCMCIA SCSI adapter support  ---> as a separate 
menu. Wonder why that is.

For some reason, make (and modules_install) gives some errors about 
uart_get_baud_rate and other uart_ related errors for 8250.ko but I don't 
think that would affect sata.

Also:
# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16.26-xen0.img 2.6.16.26-xen
All of your loopback devices are in use.

I will take a look at my current config. I have a habit of forgetting to 
include the loopback driver in my configs. If anyone solves this problem 
without the use of an initrd, please email back to the list with the 
solution. Thanks. I will email back if this actually works.

/me goes off to reboot.

> I just tried this, but unfortunately it didn't make a difference (and
> ata_piix does appear to be the SATA driver for my Intel ICH6 SATA
> controller.)  I'm not sure what --built-in actually does, but either
> way it doesn't seem to make a difference.  The statically-linked driver
> does load, and it does probe the SATA ports, but I don't think it finds
> any disks - like I say I'll have to set up a serial console because the
> messages whiz past so fast I can't see whether it finds anything or not.

> Thanks for your suggestion though!

> Cheers,
> Adam.

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