Hi,

I just tried to build a system that uses jffs on /dev/mtdblock0 as root fs.
This didn't work right away because the kernel did not honor the option
"root=/dev/mtdblock0" . This is because mtdblock devices are not listed
in the list of known root devices in the kernel (see "root_dev_names" in file
init/main.c). After applying the attached patch, using mtdblock as rootfs
worked nicely.

Now my question is: is there any particular reason (other than "nobody has
told Linus") why this is not already in the standard kernel ?

If there isn't, should I go ahead and submit my patch to Linus ?


Cheers

Rob


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