From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14B6EDDED7 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:26:45 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: From: Kumar Gala To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rog=E9rio_Brito?= In-Reply-To: <20090428022711.GA30538@ime.usp.br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: minimizing the configuration of linkstation_defconfig Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:16:34 -0500 References: <20090424065816.GA15525@ime.usp.br> <20090424223355.GB7858@ime.usp.br> <2CE2BC61-1C6B-4D01-870B-BC460730AD79@kernel.crashing.org> <20090428022711.GA30538@ime.usp.br> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, Guennadi Liakhovetski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Apr 27, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Rog=E9rio Brito wrote: > Hi, Kumar. > > On Apr 27 2009, Kumar Gala wrote: >> >> On Apr 24, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Rog=E9rio Brito wrote: >>> 04. disable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM. >> >> do we not allow booting a ramdisk? > > Well, do we need a block device in ram to use initramfs? > > (...) I'm pretty sure we need this for old initrd style ramdisks so I'd =20 prefer we leave it enabled. >>> Dear Kumar, please, apply this one. >>> >>> I have another patch regarding one regression regarding MTD & >>> PHYSMAP_COMPAT that I plan to send on top of this one. >> >> Ok, can we look at just specifying such info in the linkstation =20 >> device >> tree. > > Thanks. The MTD & PHYMAP_COMPAT are the things that have been =20 > bugging me > and my main reason to keep with the bleeding edge kernels is to get =20= > things > whey they were (regarding mtd) as in kernel 2.6.28. > > As I have no experience with MTD devices, I would appreciate a =20 > reference to > their workings... All that I know is that all my /dev/mtd* devices =20 > are gone > if I boot a 2.6.29* kernel. > > Of course, I can do a git bisect process (since the MTD subsystem =20 > doesn't > work as it did in the past even if I enable PHYMAP_COMPAT and put =20 > the same > settings there, quite unfortunately). ok.. I killed my kurobox long ago so can't be much help here. - k=