From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [203.134.126.54] (helo=mimesweeper.securenet.com.au) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 171zUr-0006Ca-00 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 01:58:30 +0100 Received: from AMALTHEA.securenet.com.au (unverified) by mimesweeper.securenet.com.au (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.5) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:57:17 +1000 Message-ID: <3CCC9A64.87F68E3@securenet.com.au> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:57:08 +1000 From: John Weston MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Booting from /dev/mtdblock/0 References: <3CC862ED.5030007@yottayotta.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------msBADF7C472E296862597832DF" Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------msBADF7C472E296862597832DF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit G'day, Have not got to the bottom of this yet, but having the same problem. We had a development board which worked fine using kernel version 2.4.3 but since updating to 2.4.18 we are now seeing the same problem. Does anyone know of any required patches for this? Thanks John Weston Mutada Shah wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to boot from /dev/mtdblock/0 (root=/dev/mtdblock/0 in cmdline > options) > > When I boot from nfs, I can mount /dev/mtdblock/0 no problem from > command line & unmount etc. > > But if I pass it as the root= option, while booting it gets stuck. > > With mtd debug level to 3 I see that it tries mtdblock_open twice... > which it shouldnt.. > > "mtdblock_open > ok > mtdblock_open > mtdblock_release" > > Then it hangs here for a long time. > What could be the cause? > > Murtada > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ --------------msBADF7C472E296862597832DF Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIIEXgYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIETzCCBEsCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAaCC ApgwggKUMIIBfKADAgECAgQF9eSxMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMCwxCzAJBgNVBAYTAmF1MR0w GwYDVQQKExRTZWN1cmVOZXQgQ0EgQ2xhc3MgQjAmFxEwMTExMTUwMDAwMDArMTAwMBcRMDMx MTE1MjM1OTU5KzEwMDAwaDELMAkGA1UEBhMCYXUxGjAYBgNVBAoTEVNlY3VyZU5ldCBMaW1p dGVkMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtKb2huIFdlc3RvbjEnMCUGCSqGSIb3DQEJARMYandlc3RvbkBzZWN1 cmVuZXQuY29tLmF1MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCvKX59ciAb54MqREhq 9kRQqJHuy06elXkVRJbTOB6BIZ7/WJZac114jU7di99N609ZZgg3A0IcCc9ttRQRsi74ZK+g dTHgv9wva6zhSrs2nRnDavGLOc3jwPEpZNtFNJrvoceKFZcrWLhNXujAjUrQh1GupQKSfnkV 3ifV2HHOiQIDAQABMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAA4IBAQBz6zxBJgvnujFV4cdMEb0w0GIzmonO 8zu57V/FUhOGU9ggCy3OXJg/aX2nqNRVZfVJJ1kAp18ZxIzIeD+MymncLHj1Axw/B5K0odJJ JdP/qoB0IkunIYqnBLU9u4mfu90bE6zxDT+LmN7yZAVBC+V6ZSAJuupPBTEySbDIksKWIlOJ 5iCwAMX8QGnBFu/KUtbjJiM7gemdixU0A9N3PttzxjKqI25C/pz1Lx1leOKj+3TO0fMyF5xp vTi0H1Qgjh8GTUazpShtnAVuygtgVafzVnOUwTFsCYi7Yr7UlW3AVsMBEjUMaEqvzMX+nPNc G5yCwlSnifnxpyRqUTu1TpblMYIBjjCCAYoCAQEwNDAsMQswCQYDVQQGEwJhdTEdMBsGA1UE ChMUU2VjdXJlTmV0IENBIENsYXNzIEICBAX15LEwCQYFKw4DAhoFAKCBsTAYBgkqhkiG9w0B CQMxCwYJKoZIhvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0wMjA0MjkwMDU3MDlaMCMGCSqGSIb3 DQEJBDEWBBT1rHWZRiVtPf2brYSYiMGBV4j8jTBSBgkqhkiG9w0BCQ8xRTBDMAoGCCqGSIb3 DQMHMA4GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgIAgDAHBgUrDgMCBzANBggqhkiG9w0DAgIBQDANBggqhkiG9w0D AgIBKDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASBgAnt6fjFbWbFo2uAe6y94l6lHFuH9JO5m+UdFWjPVf6X SE0FAL4dxTMhiWe4AHP5HjyQbP5gHR3DoMheah/VurjoRqxFFSrtawdoXzGYIaC/Sf7JKLsC sjxcBOESYTNDCnn7s5LN4hLucXQtqbOTsdb9AwFjqzsiRvCtB4yJgwkL --------------msBADF7C472E296862597832DF--