From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.flash.net.br ([201.46.240.48] helo=smtp.gru.flash.tv.br) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1LyocE-0005UH-Hn for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:49:04 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gru.flash.tv.br (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00ACC1E6A5E for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:48:39 -0300 (BRT) Received: from smtp.gru.flash.tv.br ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gru.flash.tv.br [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qenAr7dnEGop for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:48:35 -0300 (BRT) Received: from chagas.nectar.ath.cx (unknown [187.22.248.170]) by smtp.gru.flash.tv.br (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 10B0D1E67BB for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:48:29 -0300 (BRT) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:48:14 -0300 From: =?utf-8?Q?Rog=C3=A9rio?= Brito To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: minimizing the configuration of linkstation_defconfig Message-ID: <20090428144814.GA14926@ime.usp.br> References: <20090424065816.GA15525@ime.usp.br> <20090424223355.GB7858@ime.usp.br> <2CE2BC61-1C6B-4D01-870B-BC460730AD79@kernel.crashing.org> <20090428022711.GA30538@ime.usp.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, Guennadi Liakhovetski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Apr 28 2009, Kumar Gala wrote: > I'm pretty sure we need this for old initrd style ramdisks so I'd prefer > we leave it enabled. Oh, for oldstyle it is needed. You're right. It is better to keep it in the defconfig. Just drop the hunk from the patch that I sent you. >> Thanks. The MTD & PHYMAP_COMPAT are the things that have been bugging >> me and my main reason to keep with the bleeding edge kernels is to >> get things whey they were (regarding mtd) as in kernel 2.6.28. >> >> As I have no experience with MTD devices, I would appreciate a >> reference to their workings... All that I know is that all my >> /dev/mtd* devices are gone if I boot a 2.6.29* kernel. >> >> Of course, I can do a git bisect process (since the MTD subsystem >> doesn't work as it did in the past even if I enable PHYMAP_COMPAT and >> put the same settings there, quite unfortunately). > > ok.. I killed my kurobox long ago so can't be much help here. Oh... :-( I will post the problems that I get with MTD on my kurobox so that people from both the linux-mtd/linuxppc-dev lists can see what is happening and suggest some fixes. Thanks, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbrito@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org