Hello,

On 14 May 2010 13:37, Stephen Crocker <scroc...@ampltd.com> wrote:
> I am currently attempting to test a system using OpenWRT on a Gateworks
> Cambria board with an XScale CPU.  I have produced a new rootfs for
> experimentation purposes but I do not want to overwrite the rootfs that is
> currently in the flash.
> (...)
> Clearly the kernel and rootfs are intended to be loaded into RAM at the same
> location, but this is not possible if the rootfs is to be loaded over TFTP.
>  Is there any way to specify a different rootfs offset to the kernel?

Assuming you are using the buildroot from OpenWRT, you just need to
select Target Images -> ramdisk in menuconfig. That way the rootfs
will be included in the kernel image and automatically used instead of
the existing rootfs on flash.

Regards,
Jonas Gorski

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