From: Scott Anderson <sanders@mvista.com>
To: jari.nguyen@smartstors.com
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: mount RAMDISK directly on rom
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 05:03:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39DABA39.37B03026@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 39D485A1.2785C0E4@serialsystem.com.sg
Jari wrote:
> Is there anyone know how to let the uncompressed ramdisk image in the
> rom,
> and mount root system directly from it (read only)?
In general, I would add a driver that exposed your rom as a device and
then just tell your kernel that root is on your device. I have
successfully used the MTD drivers to do exactly this in the past. I'd
suggest poking around:
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/
Scott Anderson
scott_anderson@mvista.com MontaVista Software Inc.
(408)328-9214 490 Potrero Ave.
http://www.mvista.com Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-10-04 5:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-09-29 12:05 mount RAMDISK directly on rom Jari
2000-09-30 13:34 ` Daris A Nevil
2000-10-04 5:03 ` Scott Anderson [this message]
2000-10-04 9:05 ` Jari
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