From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14Sfe9-0006tx-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:37:33 +0000 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14Sfe8-0006tr-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:37:32 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <002b01c095b4$fe0387b0$0a01a8c0@Win1> References: <002b01c095b4$fe0387b0$0a01a8c0@Win1> To: joakim.tjernlund@lumentis.se Cc: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: Boot flash Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:37:21 +0000 Message-ID: <12130.982071441@redhat.com> Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: joakim.tjernlund@lumentis.se said: > I want to use JFFS on a custom made PPC860 board. This board will have > NOR flash memory(Intel) and will probably use ppcboot(suggestions for > better boot loader welcome). Can I have ppcboot share a flash device > with JFFS? Assuming ppcboot is happy with this arrangement, yes. Arrange the 'map' driver to split the flash into multiple partitions after probing it. See pnc2000.c for one of many examples of this. The boot partition appears to the upper layers, including JFFS, as an entirely separate MTD device. -- dwmw2 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org