Re: Linux 2.6.29-rc6 bombs while compiling a kernel for a linkstation/kurobox

["Rogério Brito" <rbrito@ime.usp.br>]

On Mar 04 2009, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> Yes, linkstation and storcenter have to migrate to the "physmap-flash" 
> platform driver. For now you can define in your .config
> 
> CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
> CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_COMPAT=y
> CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_START=0xffc00000
> CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_LEN=0x400000
> CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_BANKWIDTH=1

I did that already yesterday. Please, see my patch at
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123606933628020&w=4

And the entry at bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12811

> (I hope the numbers are correct, just found them in my local tree, don't 
> remember any more what exactly they configure, please, double-check.)

Yes, I had them in my tree also. And it is tested already, up and
running and in production for 17 hours.

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rbrito@lutz:~$ uptime
 22:03:16 up 17:06,  1 user,  load average: 0.16, 0.03, 0.01
rbrito@lutz:~$ 
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> And yes, it must be fixed in the mainline. I'll see if I find time for
> this, maybe tomorrow (actually, already today.)

Please, Cc me any relevant patches, as I'm not subscribed to all those
lists.


Regards, Rogério Brito.

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