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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:44:40 +0200 From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com> To: Rodrigo Freire <rfreire@...hat.com> Cc: Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>, dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Herton Krzesinski <hkrzesin@...hat.com> Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH V2] mtd: block2mtd: Present block2mtd timely on boot time On Sat, 2014-11-01 at 09:33 -0400, Rodrigo Freire wrote: > From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org> > > mtd: block2mtd: Ensure that block2mtd is presented timely on boot time > > Currently, a block MTD device is not presented to the system on time, in > order to start mounting the filesystems. This patch ensures that block2mtd > is presented at the right time, so filesystems can be mounted on boot time. > This issue is seen on BCM2835 (Raspberry Pi) systems when mounting JFFS2 > over block2mtd devices as the root filesystem. > This patchset also adds a MTD device name and a timeout option to the driver. > Original patchset: > https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/target/linux/generic/patches-3.12/440-block2mtd_init.patch?rev=40444 > https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/target/linux/generic/patches-3.12/441-block2mtd_probe.patch?rev=40444 I think you can mount jffs2 using /dev/mtdX, you do not need the block driver. -- 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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