Gentlemen,
As it was already noted by Peter in the
blog section, the boot process in maverick ends rather abruptly during init with the following error messages:
Code:
init: ureadahead main process (1033) terminated with status 5
mountall: Disconnected from Plymouth
init: plymouth main process (1034) killed by SEGV signal
init: plymouth-splash main process (1201) terminated with status 2
(remark: Above is Peter's error log. In my case ureadahead main process is 1032 and plymouth main process is 1033)
For reference, here's is what kramic with a similar 'stock' 2.6.31.14 kernel (from gitorious::efikamx-10.07.11) says at the exact same place during init (karmic does not use plymouth):
Code:
init: ureadahead main process (1031) terminated with status 5
init: procps main process (1045) terminated with status 255
and the boot continues normally.
Below is dmesg from the problematic maverick-minimal on a rev. 1.3 smarttop, kernel 2.6.31.4-no_devtmpfs.
Code:
U-Boot 2009.01-1.2.19-lange51 (May 06 2010 - 11:52:45)
CPU: Freescale i.MX51 family 3.0V at 800 MHz
mx51 pll1: 800MHz
mx51 pll2: 665MHz
mx51 pll3: 216MHz
ipg clock : 66500000Hz
ipg per clock : 665000000Hz
uart clock : 66500000Hz
cspi clock : 54000000Hz
Board: MX51 LANGE51 3.0 [POR]
DRAM: 512 MB
JEDEC ID: 0xbf:0x25:0x4a
Reading SPI NOR flash 0x40000 [0x10000 bytes] -> ram 0x975f06e8
.SUCCESS
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
board id: 1.0.1, rev1.3
Boot Source: SPI NOR FLASH BOOT
SD card.
Vendor: Man 1b OEM SM "00000" Date 07/2010
Product: 320698060
Revision: 1.0
reading uImage
reading system.conf
** Unable to read "system.conf" from mmc 0:1 **
Boot Cmd: run sd_boot
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
## Error: "base_cmd99" not defined
SD card.
Vendor: Man 1b OEM SM "00000" Date 07/2010
Product: 320698060
Revision: 1.0
reading uImage
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 90007fc0 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.6.31.14-efikamx
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 2657404 Bytes = 2.5 MB
Load Address: 90008000
Entry Point: 90008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK
Starting kernel ...
Uncompressing Linux................................................................................................................................................................. done, b.
[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.31.14-efikamx (neko@excel) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202) ) #4 PREEMPT Sun Sep 26 11:34:20 CDT 2010
[ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [412fc085] revision 5 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7f
[ 0.000000] CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
[ 0.000000] Machine: Genesi Efika MX (Smarttop)
[ 0.000000] Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 105664
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw
[ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Memory: 416MB = 416MB total
[ 0.000000] Memory: 416700KB available (4556K code, 528K data, 136K init, 0K highmem)
[ 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[ 0.000000] Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:368
[ 0.000000] MXC IRQ initialized
[ 0.000000] MXC_Early serial console at MMIO 0x73fbc000 (options '115200')
[ 0.000000] console [ttymxc0] enabled
[ 0.000000] Console: colour dummy device 80x30
[ 0.000000] console handover: boot [ttymxc0] -> real [tty1]
[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.31.14-efikamx (neko@excel) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202) ) #4 PREEMPT Sun Sep 26 11:34:20 CDT 2010
[ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [412fc085] revision 5 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7f
[ 0.000000] CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
[ 0.000000] Machine: Genesi Efika MX (Smarttop)
[ 0.000000] Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 105664
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw
[ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Memory: 416MB = 416MB total
[ 0.000000] Memory: 416700KB available (4556K code, 528K data, 136K init, 0K highmem)
[ 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[ 0.000000] Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:368
[ 0.000000] MXC IRQ initialized
[ 0.000000] MXC_Early serial console at MMIO 0x73fbc000 (options '115200')
[ 0.000000] console [ttymxc0] enabled
[ 0.000000] Console: colour dummy device 80x30
[ 0.000000] console handover: boot [ttymxc0] -> real [tty1]
[ 0.000000] Calibrating delay loop... 799.53 BogoMIPS (lpj=3997696)
[ 0.000000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[ 0.000000] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[ 0.000000] regulator: core version 0.5
[ 0.000000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[ 0.000000] i.MX IRAM pool: 128 KB@0x9a840000
[ 0.000000] IRAM READY
[ 0.000000] CPU is i.MX51 Revision 3.0
[ 0.000000] MXC GPIO hardware
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for Board ID (3 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for General GPIO Stuff (7 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for SPI (6 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for PMIC (1 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for I2C (4 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for USB (29 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for ATA (29 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: Initializing SD card IOMUX (external, mmc0)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for WDOG (1.2) (1 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for LED (3 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: IOMUX for Power Key (1 pins)
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: AIPS1_BASE_ADDR = 0x73f00000
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: AIPS1_BASE_ADDR_VIRT = 0xf7e00000, io_pg_offst = 0x3df8
[ 0.000000] Efika MX: PHYS_OFFSET = 0x90000000
[ 0.000000] Efika MX Revision 1.3
[ 0.000000] Using SDMA I.API
[ 0.000000] MXC DMA API initialized
[ 0.000000] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
[ 0.000000] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.000000] CSPI: mxc_spi-0 probed
[ 0.000000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.000000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.000000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.000000] IPU DMFC NORMAL mode: 1(0~1), 5B(4,5), 5F(6,7)
[ 0.000000] mc13892 Rev 2.0 FinVer 2 detected
[ 0.000000] Initializing regulators for Efika MX
[ 0.000000] regulator: SW1: 600 <--> 1375 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: SW2: 900 <--> 1850 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: SW3: 1100 <--> 1850 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: SW4: 1100 <--> 1850 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: SWBST: 0 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VIOHI: 0 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VPLL: 1050 <--> 1800 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VDIG: 1650 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VSD: 1800 <--> 3150 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VUSB2: 2400 <--> 2775 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VVIDEO: 2775 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VAUDIO: 2300 <--> 3000 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VCAM: 2500 <--> 3000 mV fast normal
[ 0.000000] regulator: VGEN1: 1200 <--> 3150 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VGEN2: 1200 <--> 3150 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VGEN3: 1800 <--> 2900 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: VUSB: 0 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: GPO1: 0 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: GPO2: 0 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: GPO3: 0 mV
[ 0.000000] regulator: GPO4: 0 mV
[ 0.000000] Device spi1.0 probed
[ 0.524215] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.524549] IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.525432] TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.526011] TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[ 0.526308] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
[ 0.526335] TCP reno registered
[ 0.526522] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.527340] LPMode driver module loaded
[ 0.527375] Static Power Management for Freescale i.MX51
[ 0.527660] PM driver module loaded
[ 0.527922] sdram autogating driver module loaded
[ 0.528233] Bus freq driver module loaded
[ 0.528290] mxc_dvfs_core_probe
[ 0.528560] DVFS driver module loaded
[ 0.528594] i.MXC CPU frequency driver
[ 0.529227] DVFS PER driver module loaded
[ 0.530926] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[ 0.530998] msgmni has been set to 814
[ 0.534713] alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
[ 0.535067] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 252)
[ 0.535112] io scheduler noop registered (default)
[ 0.535148] io scheduler cfq registered
[ 0.535655] *** sii9022_probe
[ 0.537949] *** mxc_init_fb vmode= video-mode=1 clock_auto=1
[ 0.537975] registering framebuffer for HDMI
[ 0.539194] mode_option=800x600-16@60
[ 0.540091] mxc_ipu mxc_ipu: Channel already disabled 9
[ 0.540103] mxc_ipu mxc_ipu: Channel already uninitialized 9
[ 0.540120] mxcfb_di_clock_adjust pixelclk=25000 rate=80000000
[ 0.540170] orig: parent=pll3 clk=216000000 this=ipu_di0_clk di_clk=27000000
[ 0.540295] adjust: parent=pll3 clk=80000000 this=ipu_di0_clk di_clk=40000000 ret=0 ret=0
[ 0.540406] skip sii9022_reinit!
[ 0.540436] mxc_ipu mxc_ipu: WARNING: adapt panel end blank lines
[ 0.708897] pclk 25000 same to previous one, skipping!
[ 0.708906] skip sii9022_reinit!
[ 0.708924] mxc_ipu mxc_ipu: WARNING: adapt panel end blank lines
[ 0.733355] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
[ 0.878888] pclk 25000 same to previous one, skipping!
[ 0.878896] skip sii9022_reinit!
[ 0.878914] mxc_ipu mxc_ipu: WARNING: adapt panel end blank lines
[ 0.919570] registering framebuffer for VPU overlay
[ 0.922173] mxc_sdc_fb mxc_sdc_fb.2: Unable to allocate framebuffer memory
[ 0.924497] mxc_sdc_fb: probe of mxc_sdc_fb.2 failed with error -12
[ 0.926787] *** sii9022 lcd_probe
[ 0.929079] *** sii9022 lcd_init_fb
[ 0.948867] mxcfb_read_edid2
[ 0.978717] 00ffffffffffff001e6d01000101010102100103805c34960acf32a3574cb023
[ 0.981311] 094b4b2fce003140454061400101010101010101010164190040410026301888
[ 0.983910] 3600980732000018000000fd00384b1e3d08000a202020202020000000fc0034
[ 0.986549] 3250433344562d55440a2020000000fc005044500a20202020202020202001bc
[ 0.989224] 020313f144840503022315075065030c001000011d007251d01e206e28550098
[ 0.991919] 073200001e011d8018711c1620582c250098073200009e8c0ad08a20e02d1010
[ 0.994617] 3e96009807320000188c0ad08a20e02d10103e96009807320000180000000000
[ 0.997327] 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c4
[ 1.000260] ----------------------------------------
[ 1.002701] Revision number: 3
[ 1.005067] DTV underscan: Supported
[ 1.007424] Basic audio: Supported
[ 1.009794] Sink device: TV, HDMI
[ 1.012150] ========================================
[ 1.014521] Display Information (EDID)
[ 1.016864] ========================================
[ 1.019236] EDID Version 1.3
[ 1.021571] Manufacturer: GSM
[ 1.023921] Model: 1
[ 1.026220] Serial#: 16843009
[ 1.028485] Year: 2006 Week 2
[ 1.030707] Monitor Name: 42PC3DV-UD
[ 1.032875] Monitor Name: PDP
[ 1.034987] Display Characteristics:
[ 1.037071] Monitor Operating Limits: From EDID
[ 1.039204] H: 30-61KHz V: 56-75Hz DCLK: 80MHz
[ 1.041313] Digital Display Input
[ 1.041383] Sync:
[ 1.045356] Max H-size in cm: 92
[ 1.047344] Max V-size in cm: 52
[ 1.049298] Gamma: 2.50
[ 1.051197] DPMS: Active no, Suspend no, Standby no
[ 1.053092] RGB Color Display
[ 1.054945] Chroma
[ 1.056745] RedX: 0.640 RedY: 0.340
[ 1.058599] GreenX: 0.300 GreenY: 0.690
[ 1.060462] BlueX: 0.137 BlueY: 0.038
[ 1.062272] WhiteX: 0.293 WhiteY: 0.295
[ 1.064043] First DETAILED Timing is preferred
[ 1.065795] Detailed Timings
[ 1.067488] "1024x768@60" 65 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.069308] Supported VESA Modes
[ 1.071027] 640x480@60Hz
[ 1.072698] 640x480@72Hz
[ 1.074320] 640x480@75Hz
[ 1.075866] 800x600@56Hz
[ 1.077376] 800x600@60Hz
[ 1.078863] 800x600@72Hz
[ 1.080322] 800x600@75Hz
[ 1.081773] 1024x768@60Hz
[ 1.083191] 1024x768@70Hz
[ 1.084556] 1024x768@75Hz
[ 1.085884] Manufacturer's mask: 0
[ 1.087198] Standard Timings
[ 1.088512] 640x480@60Hz
[ 1.089842] 800x600@60Hz
[ 1.091149] 1024x768@60Hz
[ 1.092449] Detail Timings
[ 1.093743] ----------------------------------------
[ 1.095102] EIA/CEA-861 Information
[ 1.096447] Revision number: 3
[ 1.097763] DTV underscan: Supported
[ 1.099087] Basic audio: Supported
[ 1.100383] Detailed Timings
[ 1.101676] "1280x720@60" 74 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.103126] "1920x1080i@60" 74 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.104648] "720x480@59" 27 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.106214] "720x480@59" 27 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.107744] ========================================
[ 1.109245] Monitor/TV supported modelines
[ 1.110757] "1024x768@60" 65.02 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.112398] "640x480@60" 25.200 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.114076] "640x480@72" 31.500 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.115750] "640x480@75" 31.500 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.117423] "800x600@56" 36.01 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.119133] "800x600@60" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.120814] "800x600@72" 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.122444] "800x600@75" 49.500 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.124052] "1024x768@60" 65.02 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.125716] "1024x768@70" 75.01 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.127385] "1024x768@75" 78.802 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.129131] "640x480@60" 25.200 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.130934] "800x600@60" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.132783] "1024x768@60" 65.02 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.134707] "1280x720@60" 74.250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.136673] "1920x1080i@60" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 +hsync +vsync
[ 1.138739] "720x480@59" 27.00 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.140890] "720x480@59" 27.00 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync
[ 1.143027] 640x480@75 pclk=31746 removed (lower margin does not meet IPU restrictions)
[ 1.145199] 800x600@56 pclk=27777 removed (lower margin does not meet IPU restrictions)
[ 1.147335] 800x600@60 pclk=25000 removed (lower margin does not meet IPU restrictions)
[ 1.149479] 800x600@75 pclk=20202 removed (lower margin does not meet IPU restrictions)
[ 1.151620] 1024x768@75 pclk=12690 removed (lower margin does not meet IPU restrictions)
[ 1.153822] 800x600@60 pclk=25000 removed (lower margin does not meet IPU restrictions)
[ 1.156092] 1920x1080i@60 pclk=13468 removed (interlaced)
[ 1.158371] 720x480@59 pclk=37037 removed (duplicate)
[ 1.160667] mxcfb_update_default_var mode_opt=<NULL> vmode=
[ 1.162976] 1280x720@60 pclk=13468 nearest mode is 1280x720@60 pclk=13468
[ 1.165342] nearest mode geometry 1280 720 13468
[ 1.167727] nearest mode timings 13468 220 110 20 5 40 5
[ 1.170129] nearest mode flag 1 sync 3 vmode 0
[ 1.172476] mxcfb_di_clock_adjust pixelclk=13468 rate=148500000
[ 1.174861] orig: parent=pll3 clk=80000000 this=ipu_di0_clk di_clk=40000000
[ 1.177328] adjust: parent=pll3 clk=148500000 this=ipu_di0_clk di_clk=74250000 ret=0 ret=0
[ 1.179827] sii9022_reinit 1280x720 13468
[ 1.322892] sii9022 1-0039: geometry 1280 720 1280 720 0
[ 1.325341] sii9022 1-0039: timings 13468 220 110 20 5 40 5
[ 1.327711] sii9022 1-0039: accel 0 sync 3 vmode=0
[ 1.330036] sii9022 1-0039: pclk 7425 refresh 6024 total x 1650 y 750
[ 1.332395] sii9022 1-0039: vmap idx=6 vcode=4
[ 1.335150] hdmi audio mute
[ 1.345598] hdmi audio unmute
[ 1.488893] pclk 13468 same to previous one, skipping!
[ 1.488902] sii9022_reinit 1280x720 13468 same to previous one, skipping
[ 1.508902] IPU DMFC DP HIGH RESOLUTION: 1(0,1), 5B(2~5), 5F(6,7)
[ 1.525898] sii9022 1-0039: turning on LCD
[ 1.779133] Serial: MXC Internal UART driver
[ 1.779477] mxcintuart.0: ttymxc0 at MMIO 0x73fbc000 (irq = 31) is a Freescale i.MX
[ 1.779686] console [ttymxc0] enabled
[ 3.706003] mxcintuart.1: ttymxc1 at MMIO 0x73fc0000 (irq = 32) is a Freescale i.MX
[ 3.718424] mxcintuart.2: ttymxc2 at MMIO 0x7000c000 (irq = 33) is a Freescale i.MX
[ 3.734793] loop: module loaded
[ 3.743081] pata_fsl pata_fsl: rchan=29 wchan=28
[ 3.751799] scsi0 : pata_fsl
[ 3.758973] ata1: PATA max UDMA/44 irq 70
[ 3.768765] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 3.888887] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.0: Freescale On-Chip EHCI Host Controller
[ 3.899879] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 3.939202] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.0: irq 18, io base 0x73f80000
[ 3.948383] ata1.00: ATA-8: SanDisk pSSD-P2 8GB, SSD 5.20, max UDMA/133
[ 3.958632] ata1.00: 15649200 sectors, multi 0: LBA48
[ 3.967617] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 3.977639] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.987753] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.995328] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 4.009424] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/44
[ 4.029201] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SanDisk pSSD-P2 SSD PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 4.042210] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15649200 512-byte logical blocks: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 4.053777] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 4.062394] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 4.075781] sda:
[ 4.078802] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 4.092335] sda1 sda2
[ 4.100277] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 4.218892] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using fsl-ehci and address 2
[ 4.229694] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.1: Freescale On-Chip EHCI Host Controller
[ 4.240901] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 4.278899] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.1: irq 14, io base 0x73f80200
[ 4.388872] fsl-ehci fsl-ehci.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 4.398823] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.408678] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.416262] hub 2-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 4.424680] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 4.435311] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 4.445026] MXC keypad loaded
[ 4.452542] mc13892 rtc probe start
[ 4.460855] pmic_rtc pmic_rtc.1: rtc core: registered pmic_rtc as rtc0
[ 4.471500] mc13892 rtc probe succeed
[ 4.479789] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.489377] i2c /dev entries driver
[ 4.497647] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 4.507990] MXC Video Output MXC Video Output.0: Registered device video0
[ 4.518700] MXC WatchDog Driver 2.0
[ 4.526116] clk: Unable to get requested clock: wdog_clk
[ 4.535772] MXC Watchdog # 0 Timer: initial timeout 60 sec
[ 4.545475] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 4.553367] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 4.561647] PMIC Character device: successfully loaded
[ 4.571431] VPU initialized
[ 4.578326] mxsdhci: MXC Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[ 4.588881] mxsdhci: MXC SDHCI Controller Driver.
[ 4.597687] mmc0: SDHCI detect irq 128 irq 1 INTERNAL DMA
[ 4.607320] Registered led device: efikamx:green
[ 4.615720] Registered led device: efikamx:red
[ 4.634088] Registered led device: efikamx:blue
[ 4.646593] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 4.655834] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 4.675007] Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
[ 4.733684] sgtl5000-i2c 1-000a: SGTL5000 revision 17
[ 4.748901] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using fsl-ehci and address 2
[ 4.808977] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 0002
[ 4.818518] mmcblk0: mmc0:0002 00000 7.49 GiB
[ 4.826829] mmcblk0: p1 p2
[ 4.840437] No device for DAI imx-ssi-1-0
[ 4.847909] No device for DAI imx-ssi-1-1
[ 4.855361] No device for DAI imx-ssi-2-0
[ 4.862676] No device for DAI imx-ssi-2-1
[ 4.870843] DMA Sound Buffers Allocated:UseIram=1 buf->addr=1fff6000 buf->area=9a856000 size=24576
[ 4.883489] DMA Sound Buffers Allocated:UseIram=1 buf->addr=a82b8000 buf->area=f9e30000 size=24576
[ 4.895765] asoc: SGTL5000 <-> imx-ssi-2-0 mapping ok
[ 4.930399] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.940035] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.947191] hub 2-1:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 4.966274] ALSA device list:
[ 4.972783] #0: imx-3stack (SGTL5000)
[ 4.980747] TCP cubic registered
[ 4.987303] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 4.995063] ThumbEE CPU extension supported.
[ 5.002600] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 3 part 30 variant c rev 2
[ 5.015324] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving GPO4 on
[ 5.026013] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving GPO3 on
[ 5.036345] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving GPO2 on
[ 5.046591] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving GPO1 on
[ 5.056779] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving VGEN3 on
[ 5.066864] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving VGEN2 on
[ 5.077016] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving VGEN1 on
[ 5.087098] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving VCAM on
[ 5.097032] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving VAUDIO on
[ 5.107102] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving VSD on
[ 5.116716] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving SWBST on
[ 5.127032] pmic_rtc pmic_rtc.1: setting system clock to 2010-09-30 03:51:26 UTC (1285818686)
[ 5.317949] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) on device 179:2.
[ 5.327180] Freeing init memory: 136K
[ 5.334079] usb 2-1.1: new high speed USB device using fsl-ehci and address 3
[ 5.467782] usb 2-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Things appear normal above.
So, what can we do to help ourselves? - Lose plymouth, or at least its splash-screen.
And here's where I got stuck. After editing all occurrences of '/bin/plymouth show-splash' in the plymouth config files to something harmless like 'plymouth help' the init process stops with a complaint that /root is not ready to be mounted, press 'S' to skip or 'M' for manual intervention, or something along these lines.
As I am out of steam for tonight, I'm just leaving here my findings for somebody else to give it a try.