Michael,
There was a thread about an OFB_ENAB_CACHE problem in the April 2003 
archives where using a current version of ofb.c helped. I don't know if 
that's the OF optimization that was referred to. I had a similar 
problem (not finding init/not getting past init) until I used the newer 
ofb.c file with my custom-built kernel.

HTH,

-dennis



On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 06:32  PM, ML wrote:

> Hello,
>
>>> I have the following problem - whenever I boot a kernel I compiled 
>>> myself
>>> it panics - saying it can't find init.
>>>
>>> boot device: sd0
>>> root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
>>> exec /sbin/init: error 14
>>>
>>> everything appears to be correct, the generic kernel from the ftp 
>>> site
>>> works, but so far all kernels I compiled failed at this point, even
>>> GENERIC.
>
>> Did you add optimization for OF console? I remember that it introduced
>> similar problem on my machine. But a patch corrected it.
>
> I disabled it - no change.
> btw. is it normal that the install kernel dies in an OF console but 
> works fine in a serial console? It resets immediately, so I can't 
> quite make out what it says but it should be the time when it starts 
> init.
>
> have fun
> Michael
>