[solved] ARV752DPW22 won't boot. Kernel Panic "VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)"

Hey, so I wanted to try out LEDE today and decided to do an upgrade out of my working OpenWRT installation.
After I updated my router won't boot anymore and ends with a kernel panic every time. I have already tried to flash the U-Boot image from the latest snapshot since I've had a similar issue before when using an outdated version of U-Boot with OpenWRT 15.05.1. Here is the log it provides while booting:

ROM VER: 1.0.3
CFG 01
Read EEPROMX
 X


U-Boot 2013.10-openwrt4 (Jul 31 2017 - 12:07:58) ARV752DPW22

Board: Arcadyan ARV752DPW22
SoC:   Lantiq Danube-S v1.3
CPU:   333.333 MHz
IO:    166.667 MHz
BUS:   83.333 MHz
BOOT:  NOR
DRAM:  64 MiB
Flash: 8 MiB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   ltq-eth
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at b0040000 ...
   Image Name:   MIPS LEDE Linux-4.4.71
   Created:      2017-06-08  21:02:37 UTC
   Image Type:   MIPS Linux Kernel Image (lzma compressed)
   Data Size:    1560641 Bytes = 1.5 MiB
   Load Address: 80002000
   Entry Point:  80002000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

Starting kernel ...

[    0.000000] Linux version 4.4.71 (buildbot@builds-02.infra.lede-project.org) (gcc version 5.4.0 (LEDE GCC 5.4.0 r3103-1b51a49) ) #0 Wed Jun 7 19:24:41 2017
[    0.000000] SoC: Danube rev 1.3
[    0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled
[    0.000000] CPU0 revision is: 00019641 (MIPS 24KEc)
[    0.000000] MIPS: machine is ARV7510PW22 - Astoria Networks
[    0.000000] Determined physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
[    0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
[    0.000000] Zone ranges:
[    0.000000]   Normal   [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000003ffffff]
[    0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
[    0.000000] Early memory node ranges
[    0.000000]   node   0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000003ffffff]
[    0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000003ffffff]
[    0.000000] Primary instruction cache 16kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
[    0.000000] Primary data cache 16kB, 4-way, VIPT, no aliases, linesize 32 bytes
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 16256
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyLTQ0,115200
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 256 (order: -2, 1024 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[    0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
[    0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
[    0.000000] Memory: 58796K/65536K available (3879K kernel code, 160K rwdata, 620K rodata, 1212K init, 200K bss, 6740K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)
[    0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:256
[    0.000000] CPU Clock: 333MHz
[    0.000000] clocksource: MIPS: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 11467562657 ns
[    0.000017] sched_clock: 32 bits at 166MHz, resolution 6ns, wraps every 12884901885ns
[    0.007952] Calibrating delay loop... 221.18 BogoMIPS (lpj=442368)
[    0.050595] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.055554] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.062098] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.078890] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645041785100000 ns
[    0.088586] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes)
[    0.094837] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[    0.102286] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.114488] pinctrl-xway 1e100b10.pinmux: Init done
[    0.121048] dma-xway 1e104100.dma: Init done - hw rev: 3, ports: 5, channels: 20
[    0.181806] Can't analyze schedule() prologue at 80009038
[    0.203005] PCI host bridge /fpi@10000000/pci@E105400 ranges:
[    0.208702]  MEM 0x0000000018000000..0x0000000019ffffff
[    0.213972]   IO 0x000000001ae00000..0x000000001affffff
[    0.247367] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.253007] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.258430] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.264120] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[    0.268170] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x18000000-0x19ffffff]
[    0.275096] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x1ae00000-0x1affffff]
[    0.282034] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x0]
[    0.288886] pci_bus 0000:00: No busn resource found for root bus, will use [bus 00-ff]
[    0.299953] pci 0000:00:0e.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x18000000-0x1800ffff]
[    0.306707] pci 0000:00:0f.2: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x18010000-0x180100ff]
[    0.313552] pci 0000:00:0f.0: BAR 4: assigned [io  0x1ae00000-0x1ae0001f]
[    0.320409] pci 0000:00:0f.1: BAR 4: assigned [io  0x1ae00020-0x1ae0003f]
[    0.328771] clocksource: Switched to clocksource MIPS
[    0.336426] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.342488] TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.349452] TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.355838] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024)
[    0.362430] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.368250] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.374959] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.379393] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0f.0 (0000 -> 0001)
[    0.385056] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0f.1 (0000 -> 0001)
[    0.390776] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0f.2 (0000 -> 0002)
[    0.410644] gptu: totally 6 16-bit timers/counters
[    0.415607] gptu: misc_register on minor 63
[    0.419747] gptu: succeeded to request irq 126
[    0.424249] gptu: succeeded to request irq 127
[    0.428817] gptu: succeeded to request irq 128
[    0.433271] gptu: succeeded to request irq 129
[    0.437789] gptu: succeeded to request irq 130
[    0.442303] gptu: succeeded to request irq 131
[    0.453592] lantiq,vmmc 1f103000.vmmc: requested GPIO 489
[    0.458943] lantiq,vmmc 1f103000.vmmc: reserved 1MB at 0x03a00000
[    0.466705] Crashlog allocated RAM at address 0x3f00000
[    0.510688] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[    0.516455] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[    0.533233] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.537094] io scheduler deadline registered (default)
[    0.543469] 1e100c00.serial: ttyLTQ0 at MMIO 0x1e100c00 (irq = 112, base_baud = 0) is a lantiq,asc
[    0.552433] console [ttyLTQ0] enabled
[    0.552433] console [ttyLTQ0] enabled
[    0.559540] bootconsole [early0] disabled
[    0.559540] bootconsole [early0] disabled
[    0.568943] lantiq nor flash device: 01000000 at 10000000
[    0.573169] ltq_nor: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank. Manufacturer ID 0x0000c2 Chip ID 0x0022cb
[    0.582239] Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table at 0x0040
[    0.587171]   Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query version 1.1.
[    0.592039] number of CFI chips: 1
[    0.595385] 4 ofpart partitions found on MTD device ltq_nor
[    0.600739] Creating 4 MTD partitions on "ltq_nor":
[    0.605470] 0x000000000000-0x000000040000 : "uboot"
[    0.616945] 0x000000040000-0x000000060000 : "uboot_env"
[    0.624445] 0x000000060000-0x000000fe0000 : "firmware"
[    0.628133] mtd: partition "firmware" extends beyond the end of device "ltq_nor" -- size truncated to 0x7a0000
[    0.738464] 0x000000fe0000-0x000001000000 : "board_config"
[    0.742461] mtd: partition "board_config" is out of reach -- disabled
[    0.765100] switch0: Atheros AR8216 rev. 1 switch registered on 1e180000.etop-ff
[    0.802327] libphy: ltq_mii: probed
[    0.842129] eth0: attached PHY [Atheros AR8216/AR8236/AR8316] (phy_addr=1e180000.etop-ff:00, irq=-1)
[    0.851817] wdt 1f8803f0.watchdog: Init done
[    0.859220] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    0.873307] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    0.876374] bridge: automatic filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables has been deprecated. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
[    0.888564] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[    0.907605] VFS: Cannot open root device "(null)" or unknown-block(0,0): error -6
[    0.913573] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
[    0.921722] 1f00             256 mtdblock0  (driver?)
[    0.926503] 1f01             128 mtdblock1  (driver?)
[    0.931403] 1f02            7808 mtdblock2  (driver?)
[    0.936293] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
[    0.946280] Rebooting in 1 seconds..`

Did you use the appropriate firmware for your ARV752DPW22, e.g.:
https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.2/targets/lantiq/xway/lede-17.01.2-lantiq-xway-ARV752DPW22-initramfs-kernel.bin

and not:
https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.2/targets/lantiq/xway/lede-17.01.2-lantiq-xway-ARV7510PW22-initramfs-kernel.bin

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Wow, this is embarrassing... Thank you though, everything is working fine now!

No need to be embarrassed for such an easy fix, very look-alike firmware names! If you feel your problem is completely solved, feel free to prefix your thread with [solved].

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