mounting mtd device

[Luca Contini]

> On Friday 19 September 2003 10:32, Luca Contini wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I've successfully compiled the mtd subsystem as a module (mtdblock.o and
> > mtd_blkdevs.o).
> > I've also successfully inserted those modules using insmod utility, so
that
> > now I can see the mtdblock block device (major number 31) in the
> > /proc/devices list.
> > But when I try to mount the corresponding /dev/mtdblock0 device to
/mnt/mtd
> > I got the following error:
> > ** mount: /dev/mtdblock0: unknown device **
> >
> > The /dev/mtdblock0 device relies on major number 31, minor number 0 and
is
> > a block device.
> > Also, I've placed a
> > printk("<1>open\n")
> > in the 'blktrans_open' function to see whether the mount is at least
trying
> > to open the device but with no result.
> > Does anyone know why?
>
> I'm new to MTD, but i don't see enough information here.  How did you try
and
> mount it?  For instance, did you do "mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock0
/mnt/mtd",
> or did you just type "mount /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt/mtd"?  (jffs2 is an
arbitrary
> example).
>

I'm new to MTD too.
I've tryied to mount issuing the command "mount -t vfat /dev/mtdblock0
/mnt/smartmedia"
The nand device in fact is a smartmedia.

> Is your device actually detected?  Just because you have the module
installed
> and showing up in /proc/devices doesn't mean it was detected.  what does
> /proc/mtd say?  For instance, mine says:
> # cat /proc/mtd
> dev:    size   erasesize  name
> mtd0: 00800000 00020000 "flash"
> mtd1: 0000c000 00000010 "SRAM"
> mtd2: 00000080 00010000 "BootROM"
> mtd3: 00800000 00020000 "Physically mapped flash"
> mtd4: 00400000 00020000 "system"
> mtd5: 00400000 00020000 "userarea"
> mtd6: 09000000 00004000 "guidenand"
>
> this shows which mtd devices are actually there to be accessed.

I've verified that my device is not actually detected. I thought the MTD
subsystem could work without the nand device actually working, but of course
I'm wrong.
I've a low level driver that partions and reads/writes from the smart media
and I'm trying to interface it with the MTD subsystem.
So, instead of nand.c I have s3c2410nand.c (referring to the nand controller
of my board).
Thank you fo your help

regards

Luca


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