Sad news Jacques, still no progress. I have loaded the modules and made the changes you mentioned with no success. I have read much material on the subject (what you and others have referenced), and it still makes no sense. Most papers indicate native support in the 2.4 kernel then instructs to download source/tools and recompile the kernel. Other papers are outdated and talk about licensing issues with M-System.
Here is what I know: - kernel 2.2 does not have proper DoC support while 2.4 does. - M-System has the source for a driver, but it doesn't work with 2.4.20 without a patch. - The "Linux MTD, JFFS HOWTO" paper is long and complex. - The "Linux MTD" paper indicates support in the 2.4 kernel. - The "Linux MTD" paper indicates downloading drivers and tools then recompiling the kernel. - This is not a simple process like loading an ide driver and mounting it. Modules that were loaded (in order): mtdcore.o nftl.o docecc.o doc2000.o These were located in "/boot/lib/modules" and declared in "/boot/etc/modules". Added mtd as a device: cd /var/lib/lrpkg ae root.dev.mk # at the bottom of the file added: mknod /dev/mtd0 b 90 0 >null 2>&1 cd / Attempted to mount the device as: mount /dev/mtd0 /mnt That results in the error message "Device not configured". I'm stumped. Darren -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jacques Nilo Sent: May 4, 2002 6:30 AM To: Darren Martz; 'Jacques Nilo'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Bering v1.0-rc2 with diskonchip? Le Samedi 4 Mai 2002 11:51, Darren Martz a écrit : > Jacques, > > Well, I wasn't expecting help from the author on my first post. The > support here is incredible! > > Loading mdtcore.o and ntfl.o did not work. I tried adding docecc.o and > doc2000.o but again, mounting did not work. > > The diskonchip came with slackware 7 installed, so I've been trying to > translate the configuration to Bering. So far all I've found was an > fstab entry: > /dev/fla1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > I tried changing the fstab file, loading the mdtcore.o and other > drivers, then mounting with the following statement: > mount -t ext2 /dev/fla1 /mnt > But that only yielded the error message "Operation not support by > device". > > I found a driver (of sorts) on m-sys.com that talks about recompiling > the kernel. It also mentioned lilo with a 'doc.b' file. > > Supporting diskonchip installations seems important given the embedded > aspect of Bering. So if your interested, I'll do what I can to > document this installation scenario. > Darren m-sys does provide a proprietary linux driver. No source is available and you have to patch the kernel. You can recompile the Bering kernel to do that but I wont since linux 2.4.18 should support DOC. You will find intereting info here: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/people/dwmw2/mtd/cvs/mtd/mtd-jffs-HOWTO.txt it appears that you need to load: mtdcore doc2000 ntfl and mtdchar try to insmod those modules and see how it goes It appears intereting to use jffs FS Keep us informed on your progress so that we can update the doc on this issue Jacques _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
