Paul Parsons wrote: > --- On Tue, 29/5/12, wiseLYNX <wiselynx.na...@fastwebnet.it> wrote: >>> 1. Modify the SDG bootloader to provide >> "physmap-flash". >>> This is what I do; the SDG bootloader 1.2.5 source is >> available. >> >> where? I found only links to the sdgsystems site and to the >> site of >> someone called kmeaw, but it is not available anymore on >> both sites. > > http://sdgsystems.net/pub/ipaq/hx4700/src/
thanks! the problem was .net instead of .com.. >>> 2. Modify the Linux kernel to expect "ipaq". >>> This is probably the easier option. For example this >> patch >>> might work (I haven't tested it and it was derived from >> the >>> linux-3.4.0 sources): >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c >> b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c >>> index ddf9ec6..707eaf5 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c >>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c >>> @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int >> parse_cmdline_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, >>> unsigned long offset; >>> int i; >>> struct cmdline_mtd_partition >> *part; >>> - const char *mtd_id = >> master->name; >>> + const char *mtd_id = "ipaq"; >>> >>> /* parse command line */ >>> if (!cmdline_parsed) >> >> I tried the latter, and it didn't work: same exact result >> :-( > > I may have got it wrong then. But the mismatched mtd-id > is an issue that needs to be addressed before the > CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS (cmdlinepart.c) driver will work > with the SDG bootloader. > > An alternative might be to override the command line with > the CONFIG_CMDLINE config option. after a couple more attempts, I finally managed passing that part. I still don't know what was wrong last time, probably I messed up something in kernel configuration. Restarting from default configuration and applying the patch solved it. thank you everybody; I'll have to ask probably some more questions later, not kernel related I hope _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
