From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14sRme-0002NW-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:04:52 +0100 Received: from mail.com1.fr ([62.161.40.252]) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14sRmb-0002NQ-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:04:50 +0100 Received: from MSTEMPIN (ns.com1.fr [62.161.40.253]) by mail.com1.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA27909 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:04:43 +0200 From: "Michel STEMPIN" To: "mtd" Subject: Booting from StrataFlash on SBC-104 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:05:02 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: I am trying to squeeze linux on an Arcom SBC-104 board (4Mb DRAM/4Mb StrataFlash). Right now, I am able to make it boot from a noisy HDD, a silent (somewhat appendix-like) CompactFlash, and from an additional DOC, using the binary driver from M-Systems as a ramdisk-loaded driver. My goal is to be able to boot it from the built-in StrataFlash device, and thus, I have a few questions: - would you recommend using JFFS or JFFS2? - I saw a "boot" directory under the CVS: what is its status? - under "boot" the Makefile is building 2 targets "flashloader.rom" and "sbc_mediagx.rom": what are they for? Which one should I get, since the sbc_mediagx and the sbc_104 are from the same manufacturer? I guess the best way will be to follow the HOWTO, then build one of these and transfer it onto the chip. How? Is it a "dd" using the mtdblock device? Excuse me for these dummy questions, I am new to the list, and trying to catch up with the train! I tried to read the archives first, finding no answer. -- Michel Stempin MIS COM One SA, 11 parc de Marticot, 33610 CESTAS, FRANCE Tel: +33(0)5 57 97 72 72 Fax: +33(0)5 56 78 84 78 Email: mstempin@com1.fr To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org