29 Aug
2005
29 Aug
'05
10:37 a.m.
In message 6.2.1.2.0.20050829091939.030665a0@192.168.2.1 you wrote:
To boot single-file images I applied a patch released by Russell King to load the ramdisk image directly from a MTD partition. The kernel is
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Copying from rom to ram will work, as long as the image file is a raw gzip
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We use this technique with our ARM7-based platforms.
Is there any spoecial reason for *not* fixing the kernel to accept a ramdisk image in flash? The required changes have been posted before; ok, this was for a 2.4 kernel, but it's not exactly rocket science.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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