why the kernel doesnt work

David Woodhouse dwmw2 at infradead.org
Wed Mar 13 04:28:25 EST 2002


zeusj at firstlinux.net said:
> I am trying to add a intel 28f128 strataflash to perseus borad 
> I think what I should do is just to:
> 1.create a file named perseus-flash.c in /drivers/mtd/maps based on physmap
> 2.modify the Config.in and Makefile in the same directory
> 3.set the configuration and remake the kernel image to restart

> is that right? and if it is,what should happen or how can i check 
> whether the flash works well.

That's right. You should see happy messages when it detects the flash, and 
an appropriate entry in /proc/mtd.

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