From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from freesurfmta04.sunrise.ch ([194.230.0.33] helo=freesurfmail.sunrise.ch) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16M9yq-0002IX-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 15:40:32 +0000 Received: from theodul (194.230.169.161) by freesurfmail.sunrise.ch (6.0.037) id 3C29156E0006EA1F for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 16:44:58 +0100 From: Felix Frey To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Compatibility between m-system and mtd-driver Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 16:51:16 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02010316511600.01040@theodul> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi folks, I have a x86-board with a DOC-millenium. The DOC contains a single partit= ion=20 with a ext2-fs which is intented to be the rootfs. The partition was crea= ted=20 and populated using the m-system driver v4.2. When I use a kernel 2.4.9 with included mtd- and nftl-support, everything= =20 works fine. On boot up the kernel reports: M-Systems NAND Flash Translation Layer driver. (C) 1999 MVHI $Id: nftlcore.c,v 1.73 2001/06/09 01:0943 dwmw2 Exp $ Partition Check: nftla: nftla1 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 Filesystem) readonly. .... init started: Busybox v0.51..... -------- When I use the latest mtd-code from CVS and try to do the same, I get thi= s: NFTL driver: nftlcore.c $Revision: 1.85 $, nftlmount.c $Revision: 1.25 = $=20 NFTL_notify_add for DiskOnChip Millennium=20 NFTL_setup nftla: nftla1 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 48k freed Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init=3D option to kernel. ---- =2E..and it's definitely not a problem with the init. The kernel seems to= mount=20 the filesystem but has problem to read it correctly.=20 There is something which makes it confusing. When I use a harddrive to mo= unt=20 the rootfs and try to mount and read the DOC-partition later, I don't see= any=20 problems. Any comments ? Felix