{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/863","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/863/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/863/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/863/events","html_url":"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/863","id":59388750,"number":863,"title":"3.18.8 initrd booting issue again","user":{"login":"ha5di","id":5918171,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5918171?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di","html_url":"https://github.com/ha5di","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha5di/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-03-01T08:53:48Z","updated_at":"2015-03-01T11:39:43Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I had an initrd booting issue back to 3.18.6 but it was solved, see\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/786\r\n\r\nIt was working fine with 3.8.6 and dated kernel. Now with 3.18.8 and the current firmware it doesn't work anymore. With root=/dev/ram0 in cmdline.txt and ramfsfile=... in config.txt kernel do not find root file system. Adding ramfsaddr=-1 kernel do not boot, no messages only the rainbow coloured screen.\r\n\r\nHow to boot initrd now?\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/comments/76593191","html_url":"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/863#issuecomment-76593191","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/863","id":76593191,"user":{"login":"mr-berndt","id":11179748,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11179748?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt","html_url":"https://github.com/mr-berndt","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mr-berndt/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-01T11:39:43Z","updated_at":"2015-03-01T11:39:43Z","body":"OK, I will try to get the older versions and i forgot to post my cmdline.txt and config.txt.\r\nHere we go:\r\n\r\ncmdline.txt:\r\nloglevel=1 smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 initrd=0xa00000,11764110 root=/dev/ram0 rw rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait sdhci_bcm2708.enable_llm=0 dwc_otg.speed=0 init=/bin/init\r\n\r\nconfig.txt:\r\ndisable_splash=1\r\nkernel=zImage\r\ndevice_tree=\r\n\r\n# used to work on rasberry < 2 with linux-3.16.y\r\n# doesn't on raspberry 2 with 3.18.8\r\nramfsfile=qstreamerimage.cpio.gz\r\nramfsaddr=0x00a00000\r\n\r\n# Doesn't work on raspberry 2\r\n#ramfsaddr=-1\r\n\r\n# Doesn't work on R2 as well\r\n#initramfs qstreamerimage.cpio.gz\r\n#followkernel\r\n\r\ngpu_mem=256\r\ndisable_overscan=1\r\nhdmi_force_hotplug=1\r\n\r\n"}}