Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Nov 2014 12:05:28 -0800 | From | Brian Norris <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND PATCH V2] mtd: block2mtd: Present block2mtd timely on boot time |
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On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 11:44:40AM +0200, Artem Bityutskiy wrote: > On Sat, 2014-11-01 at 09:33 -0400, Rodrigo Freire wrote: > > From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.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.
I realize you acknowledged your misunderstanding here, but for posterity -- this point is addressed in the FAQ:
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/jffs2.html#L_mtdblock
Last I checked, the statement about busybox is still true. I think the rootfs comment may be stale; I think the rootfstype= parameter can help you.
Brian
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