From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek Vasut Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:12:56 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mxs: Add NAND fdt and ramdisk partition to m28evk In-Reply-To: <1357315833.666.6@snotra> References: <1356484120-15740-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de> <201301041704.06393.marex@denx.de> <1357315833.666.6@snotra> Message-ID: <201301041712.56609.marex@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Scott Wood, > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Otavio Salvador, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Marek Vasut > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> 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. Sigh ... I got lost in this (pointless) discussion, sorry. Best regards, Marek Vasut