Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760434AbZD1N05 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:26:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755976AbZD1N0s (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:26:48 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:41679 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754369AbZD1N0s convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:26:48 -0400 Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT 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> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1592 Lines: 53 On Apr 27, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > Hi, Kumar. > > On Apr 27 2009, Kumar Gala wrote: >> >> On Apr 24, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Rog?rio 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 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 >> device >> tree. > > Thanks. The MTD & PHYMAP_COMPAT are the things that have been > bugging me > and my main reason to keep with the bleeding edge kernels is to get > things > whey they were (regarding mtd) as in kernel 2.6.28. > > As I have no experience with MTD devices, I would appreciate a > reference to > their workings... All that I know is that all my /dev/mtd* devices > are gone > if I boot a 2.6.29* kernel. > > Of course, I can do a git bisect process (since the MTD subsystem > doesn't > work as it did in the past even if I enable PHYMAP_COMPAT and put > the same > settings there, quite unfortunately). ok.. I killed my kurobox long ago so can't be much help here. - k-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/