From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751339AbVHXSBa (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:01:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751340AbVHXSBa (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:01:30 -0400 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([24.172.12.4]:18446 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751339AbVHXSBa (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:01:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:01:12 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E1rcio?= Oliveira Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with kernel image in a Prep Boot on PowerPC Message-ID: <20050824180110.GE1100@tuxdriver.com> Mail-Followup-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E1rcio?= Oliveira , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <430C8CB5.1050501@latinsourcetech.com> <20050824163100.GD1100@tuxdriver.com> <430CB3EC.2000502@latinsourcetech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <430CB3EC.2000502@latinsourcetech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 02:52:44PM -0300, Márcio Oliveira wrote: > The command rdev can change the default root partition on x86 linux > systems with pre-built kernels. Of course...I meant I don't know of anything like that for PPC. > About the CONFIG_CMDLINE in the kernel configuration, I found it in lots > of files in the kernel source tree and I'd like to know which file I > need to change this value (/usr/src/linux/arch/ppc64/defconfig ?). Probably just in your .config file: cp arch/ppc64/defconfig .config vi .config # Change CONFIG_CMDLINE here make oldconfig > According to this doc: > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/library/es-SW_RAID_LINUX.html, > ppc64 can use zImage-style boot wrapper, so I'm trying it. Cool...I think you will like having that as an option. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com