From 9a85b8d6049cbb0e7961df2069322fbc4192026a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Mohr Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:42:39 -0800 Subject: init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure - new Documentation/init.txt file describing various forms of failure trying to load the init binary after kernel bootup - extend the init/main.c init failure message to direct to Documentation/init.txt Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- init/main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'init') diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index 41d0f10dbbc7..b09a828f38b5 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -847,7 +847,8 @@ static noinline int init_post(void) run_init_process("/bin/init"); run_init_process("/bin/sh"); - panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel."); + panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. " + "See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance."); } static int __init kernel_init(void * unused) -- cgit v1.2.2