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 14Onll-0003cy-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2001 21:29:25 +0000 Received: from brand.scrye.com ([207.174.18.194] helo=scrye.com ident=qmailr) by infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14Onlj-0003cq-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2001 21:29:24 +0000 Message-ID: <20010202212916.18193.qmail@scrye.com> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:29:16 -0700 (MST) From: Kevin Fenzi To: David Woodhouse Cc: Subject: Re: DOC2000 issues... In-Reply-To: References: <20010202205810.17803.qmail@scrye.com> Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: >>>>> "David" == David Woodhouse writes: David> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Kevin Fenzi wrote: >> ... M-Systems DiskOnChip driver. (C) 1999 Machine Vision >> Holdings, Inc. M-Systems NAND Flash Translation Layer driver. (C) >> 1999 MVHI $Id: nftl.c,v 1.57 2000/12/01 17:51:54 dwmw2 Exp $ ... David> Didn't find hardware. Did you hardcode the address or leave it David> at zero to auto-probe? Common mistake is to give the segment David> address not the real address (0xd800 not 0xd8000). You do need David> the extra zero. I left it at 0. How can I tell what address the DOC is at? from the bios? So it would print something here if it found the DOC? David> Note to self: Hide that option and the 55AA one inside David> if(LINUXBIOS). yeah, also help for those kernel options would be nice. ;) I had to look at the code to see that 0 meant to auto-probe. ;) >> Then, I tried the newest m-systems driver with 2.2.18: >> VFS: Cannot open root device 3e:01 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to >> mount root fs on 3e:01 David> They changed the major number from the temporary one they were David> using. But rather than using the one I'd already registered, David> they started using an entirely new one. Major 100 I think. yeah, I tried that too...no dice. That just should need to be the 'root=' option for the kernel in lilo.conf, right? David> Geometry info is useful though - can you compare it with what David> the free driver reports, when you get that working? sure. >> I would be happy to write up a HOWTO or the like if someone can >> help me get it going. ;) David> I love you. ha. I have to get it working first tho. ;) David> -- dwmw2 kevin To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org