[Angstrom-devel] initramfs vs mtdblock

[Michal Panczyk]

HI,
I was wondering what devices use boot parameter root=/dev/mtdblockXXX.
I am trying to figure out if there is a need for special fixing of
files in packages/initrdscripts/files/ dir to make these scripts aware
that some devices use plain "mtdX" (linux-handhelds-2.6) and some use
/dev/mtdblockX. This would help in work with initramfs stuff that I
try to launch on linux-2.6 devices (especially h5000).
 So far I found following devices that have MTD_BLOCK=y in their defconfig:
c7x0, hx2000[*], zylonite, akita, poodle, coolie, tosa
Is this parameter needed during the boot or could we skip it [*] ?
This would save some time and would result in one clear pattern of
boot parameters (everybody wants to go as modular as
possible as it goes for kernel, right ? ).

Any comments ? Maybe my way of thinking is wrong - OE (and angstrom)
should be hostile to many different points of view, without forcing
anybody to change their vision of kernel configuration?

[*] hx2000 seems to boot only using HaRET so it is possible to skip
this parameter and go modular. I don't know about rest of sharp
devices (never seen nor played with one of them)

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Regards
Michal Panczyk