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From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mxs: Add NAND fdt and ramdisk partition to m28evk
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 09:53:17 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1357314797.666.1@snotra> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP9ODKr7S+VC7_TCyD-BFM1z7HR-x=S1kn=XVW7RJF=1abg1Wg@mail.gmail.com> (from otavio@ossystems.com.br on Thu Jan  3 18:49:05 2013)

On 01/03/2013 06:49:05 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>  
> wrote:
> > On 12/26/2012 12:26:13 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> >> > Dear Otavio Salvador,
> >> >
> >> >> On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>  
> wrote:
> >> >> > Adjust the NAND partitioning layout so that there is a  
> separate
> >> >> > partition
> >> >> > for the ramdisk and fdt blob on the NAND.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> >> >>
> >> >> A partition for a ramdisk? maybe initramfs or initrd might be  
> better?
> >> >
> >> > Separate ramdisk (initrd).
> >>
> >> So maybe name it 'initrd' in the partition table?
> >
> >
> > Why bias users against using initramfs instead?
> 
> I have nothing against initramfs or any other name, I just think
> 'ramdisk' is confusing (but it might be just my impression) that's why
> I commented in the patch so others can comment on it too.

How is an abbreviation for "initial ramdisk" less confusing than  
"ramdisk"?

-Scott

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-04 15:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-26  1:08 [U-Boot] [PATCH] mxs: Add NAND fdt and ramdisk partition to m28evk Marek Vasut
2012-12-26  2:37 ` Otavio Salvador
2012-12-26  3:13   ` Marek Vasut
2012-12-26 18:26     ` Otavio Salvador
2013-01-03 23:42       ` Scott Wood
2013-01-04  0:49         ` Otavio Salvador
2013-01-04 15:53           ` Scott Wood [this message]
2013-01-04  5:19         ` Marek Vasut
2013-01-04 15:53           ` Scott Wood
2013-01-04 15:58             ` Marek Vasut
2013-01-04 16:01               ` Scott Wood
2013-01-04 16:04                 ` Marek Vasut
2013-01-04 16:10                   ` Scott Wood
2013-01-04 16:12                     ` Marek Vasut
2013-01-05 16:42 ` Stefano Babic
2013-01-05 17:10   ` Marek Vasut
2013-01-05 17:18     ` Stefano Babic
2013-01-05 18:29       ` Marek Vasut

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