Hi,
Along with an earlier submitted patch to include the mtd and jffs modules
in the initrd image, the attached patch is needed for booting with root=mtd0.
Basically, the init scripts assume the root device should have a special
device file somewhere, and if not will wait for it to appear. This p
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008, Andres Salomon wrote:
> I'm still trying to figure out how to deal w/ root=mtd0 (and wondering
> whether it's even worth dealing with, or if I can do something
> clever with UBI or flash partitioning)
how does fedora kernel boot it?
does nash have some hacks one could look at
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:37:28 +0200
maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 11:22:34AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
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>
> > --- /usr//share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions.orig
> > 2008-09-01 11:14:11.0 -0400
> > +++ /usr//share/initramfs-tools/scripts/
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 11:22:34AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
> How about something like the following (untested) patch? It's not foolproof,
> but it at least ignores things that can't possibly be hex strings.
looks good to me, i'll apply it, tested on dash,
right you can still have non hex
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:58:15 +0200
maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Andres Salomon wrote:
>
> > Package: initramfs-tools
> > Version: 0.92f
> >
> > On OLPC machines, root is a nand device that is mounted as mtd0 (it
> > is neither a block device nor a char devic
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Andres Salomon wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.92f
>
> On OLPC machines, root is a nand device that is mounted as mtd0 (it is
> neither a block device nor a char device). The arguments passed to the
> kernel are "ro root=mtd0 rootfstype=jffs2".
could you try
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.92f
On OLPC machines, root is a nand device that is mounted as mtd0 (it is
neither a block device nor a char device). The arguments passed to the
kernel are "ro root=mtd0 rootfstype=jffs2".
Unfortunately, attempting to use an initrd based upon initramfs-tools
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