From: "Stephan Linke" <Stephan.Linke@epygi.de>
To: <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: root=/dev/mtdblock doesn't work with kernel 2.4.18
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:18:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <FCEAKDJJAPHPLJFINDAJMELGCDAA.Stephan.Linke@epygi.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203191047050.26226-100000@passion.cambridge.redhat.com>
Thank's David! Now it works.
>
> > After changing from 2.4.8-pre4 to a 2.4.18 kernel I can't mount the
flash as
> > root device any more. I'm using the "root=" boot argument to do so.
> > The filesystem (cramfs) is alredy detected in mount_root() (super.c)
when
> > mount_root calls blkdev_put(bdev, BDEV_FS); Which for some reasons has
to
> > call the release function of the device which results in
mtdblock_release()
> > being called. The hole thing stops when invalidate_device() calls
> > fsync_dev(dev).
>
> Remove just the call to invalidate_device() in mtdblock_release()
>
> --
> dwmw2
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-20 10:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-19 9:04 root=/dev/mtdblock doesn't work with kernel 2.4.18 Stephan Linke
2002-03-19 10:48 ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-20 10:18 ` Stephan Linke [this message]
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