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 10:10:33 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1357315833.666.6@snotra> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201301041704.06393.marex@denx.de> (from marex@denx.de on Fri Jan 4 10:04:06 2013)
On 01/04/2013 10:04:06 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dear Scott Wood,
>
> > On 01/04/2013 09:58:28 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > Dear Scott Wood,
> > >
> > > > On 01/03/2013 11:19:35 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > Dear Scott Wood,
> > > > >
> > > > > > 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'm not biasing users against initramfs, but some users simply
> > >
> > > want
> > >
> > > > > separate
> > > > > ramdisk outside of the kernel.
> > > >
> > > > initramfs and initrd are different ways of formatting a ramdisk.
> > >
> > > It's
> > >
> > > > orthogonal to whether it's separate from the kernel image.
> > >
> > > True, so what is the discussion here about anyway? I fail to see
> the
> > > point -- is
> > > there a problem with the patch or not? If not, please apply for
> .01
> > > release.
> >
> > I have no problem with it. My point was that "ramdisk" is a better
> > name than "initrd".
>
> The patch contains "ramdisk" ... go look at the patch please.
Sigh... I said I have no problem with the patch. I was responding to
Otavio's suggestion to change it to initrd.
-Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-04 16:10 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
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 [this message]
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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