From: Subodh Nijsure <subodh@best.com>
To: mtd@infradead.org
Subject: How is mtdblock created?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 01:24:22 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200102140924.BAA24199@shell9.ba.best.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A8995B4.F3F3EBCA@danielind.com> from Vipin Malik at "Feb 13, 1 02:14:44 pm"
> Then mount the file system by:
> #mount -t jffs /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt/jffs (assuming /mnt/jffs exists, else
> make it).
>
> *** Making partitions with CFI flash and working with multiple banks
> of FLASH:
>
> Unlike a "regular" block device, you cannot launch fdisk and create
> partitions on /dev/mtdblock0,1,2,3...
>
> (As far as I know) CFI flash partitions have to be created and
> compiled in the physmap.c file.
>
How are these /dev/mtdblock0...n devices created does one have to create
them by hand are they are done as part of some module loading?
When I do modprobe physmap I get following output
sh-2.04# modprobe physmap
physmap flash device: size 0x00400000 at address 0x28000000
Call to cfi_probe received
cfi_probe_new_chip buswidth is 4 size 0x00400000
Physically mapped flash: Found a coupled pair of CFI devices at location 0 in 16 bit mode
cfip->qry[0] = '', cfip->qry[1] = '', cfip->qry[2] = ''
Invalid CFI ident structure.
cfi.chipsize is zero. This is bad. cfi.cfiq.DevSize is 0
cfi_cfi_probe returned NULL
mtd: Giving out device 0 to Physically mapped flash
mtd: Giving out device 1 to SkyStream boot firmware
mtd: Giving out device 2 to SkyStream Flash Bank
sh-2.04# cat /proc/mtd
mtd0: 00400000 "Physically mapped flash"
mtd1: 00040000 "SkyStream boot firmware"
mtd2: 003a0000 "SkyStream Flash Bank"
Now when I execute command od /dev/mtd0 to dump containts of the flash,
they match correctly.
But I want to create the jffs file system (mkfs.jffs) and mount them
but howto says I need /dev/mtdblockXX to do something like this,
mount -t jffs /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt/jffs
How is /dev/mtdblock0 created?
/Subodh
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-14 9:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-13 20:14 Third cut of the MTD-JFFS HOWTO (with a name spelling correction) Vipin Malik
2001-02-13 19:55 ` David Woodhouse
2001-02-14 9:24 ` Subodh Nijsure [this message]
2001-02-14 16:10 ` How is mtdblock created? Vipin Malik
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