Problem: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

[Denys Vlasenko]

2009/3/31 Angelo <s104259 at yahoo.it>:
> Hi boys!
> I need some help.
> I've a custom board (based on mpc5200 core) with:
> * kernel linux-2.6.21.7 (patched)
> * bootloader u-boot-1.2.0 (patched)
>
> Using busybox-1.5.1 everything works fine! But with
> busybox-1.4.1 when the boot is completed, a kernel panic occurs!

Try something newer.

> *******************
> BusyBox v1.4.1 (2009-03-18 10:11:33 CET) Built-in shell (msh)
> Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
>
> #

Why this empty line is there? Did you press <Enter> or what?

> # Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> Rebooting in 180 seconds..

Also, why we see msh prompt? did you run it via init=/bin/msh
or is it started from init script? Or what?

> So I'm looking for some patches regarding /init/init.c (between 1.4.1 and
> 1.5.1 version)
> but there is no trace!! I found only this link
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2007-May.txt
> but none patch.
>
> Moreover on http://busybox.net/downloads/
>  there aren't patches about
>  init.c, in fact last patch is 24-Sep-2006 old.

Patches are in http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.x.y/

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