[OE-core] zimage Initramfs booting stuck at Start Kernel

[JH]

Hi Ferry,

On 10/30/19, Ferry Toth <fntoth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Op 29-10-2019 om 11:25 schreef JH:
>> Hi Ferry,
>>
>> On 10/29/19, Ferry Toth <fntoth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/edison-fw/meta-intel-edison/blob/master/meta-intel-edison-bsp/conf/machine/edison.conf
>>>
>>> And there is the max size!
>>
>> Are you able to run u-boot to start kernel in the large size 64 MB?
>
> No, the largest I had was 18MB compressed and it didn't boot. After I
> brought it back to 10MB or so it boots again. Like I said, I don't know
> where the limit comes from.

Oh, so no one could boot zImage-initramfs in a size larger than 10 MB?
And no one concerns?
If anyone could provide more information about kernel.bbclass bundle
function, I would like to help to solve this problem.

> I think you should be able to make the initramfs minimal and put the
> rest in a separate file system same as I do and your problem will be
> solved. But it looks like if you want to trace the root cause and solve
> it, you are on your own.

I have already got zImage-initramfs running in a small size of 8MB
without rootfs bundle.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

- jh