From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 13ZFdM-0000m0-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:43:40 +0100 Received: from runyon.cygnus.com ([205.180.230.5] helo=cygnus.com) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 13ZFdI-0000lt-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:43:38 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: References: To: David Given Cc: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: sbc-mediagx Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:43:22 +0100 Message-ID: <32401.968863402@passion.cygnus.co.uk> Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: dg@tao-group.com said: > * MTD only works with kernels compiled with*out* MODVERSIONS. This is > because the dynamic loading code in map.h doesn't know about the > mangled symbols used with this option turned on. Easy to fix - just that nobody's bothered yet. Patches accepted if you care enough to produce one. dg@tao-group.com said: > * The device claims to see only 8MB of my flash medium. Odd. Please send the kernel's output while it's probing. How big _is_ the flash? dg@tao-group.com said: > * The device sees three partitions on the disk. DOS sees one. I > suspect that they use different concepts of partitions. Yes. In hindsight, we probably shouldn't call them 'partitions'. dg@tao-group.com said: > * MTD doesn't work with devfs, so you have to create device nodes > manually --- /dev/mtd is at c,90,0..2 and /dev/mtdblock is at > b,31,0..2, right? See #1. Patches accepted if you care :) dg@tao-group.com said: > Would anyone like to explain to me what's going on, if anyone knows? > I *really* don't want to go back to using flashfx.o. I don't want to > experiment as I could easily render my board unbootable. Which would > be a shame. Please could you bzip2 and send to me the contents of /dev/mtd[012]. I'm not 100% sure what translation layer is used by flashfx, but it might be something I recognise. dg@tao-group.com said: > BTW, anyone know how frequently the kernel syncs with the CVS tree? Rarely at the moment. I sync to Linus' kernel frequently, but I'm not intending to send him anything more for 2.4. Once the 2.5 series starts, I'll be keeping it reasonably up-to-date. AnonCVS access is available. I recommend you use that. -- dwmw2 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org