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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:35:38 -0400 From: "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com> To: "Matthieu CASTET" <castet.matthieu@...e.fr> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Blackfin: arch patch for 2.6.18 On 9/23/06, Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@...e.fr> wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:50:02 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> It would be nice if you could use a generic way to pass this partition data > >> to the kernel from the mtd medium, instead of hardcoding it here. > > > > i often wish for such things myself :) > > > > unfortunately, the boot loader we utilize (u-boot) isnt exactly > > friendly to the idea of managing flash partitions like redboot, and > > what we have here is the current standard method for defining flash > > partitions with mtd > > humm you could use cmdlinepart [1] and pass the partition as a kernel > string with uboot. > > That's what we are doing and it works perfectly. yes, that is an option ... we find that utilizing the board files "better" as: - the boot syntax tends to be a little unwieldy - embedded boards dont change, so if you're defining so much board-specific information in the boards file, the partition map makes sense there as well - the dynamic partitioning aspect of declaring the map at runtime is unnecessary due to the previous comment but each to their own i guess -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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