[PATCH] [RFC] mtd/uclinux: support ROM and allow passing the base address

[Mike Frysinger]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 03:57:59PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote:
>> >so to be clear, Uwe's patch hasn't been picked up by anyone yet so we
>> >can get it fixed first ?
>
> ok, so for blackfin uclinux_ram_map must not be static because it is
> used in arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c. If I tried to introduce such code
> for an ARM platform people would run away scared maybe after telling me
> I should fix my boot loader.

i would point out that code merged many many years ago had a much
lower bar than today.  also, this isn't the boot loader passing the
rootfs into the kernel.  when the kernel is created, the build system
appends the rootfs to it.

> I really don't know the situation on
> blackfin, but this really has potential for generalisation.

sure ... we're open to doing it differently as long as it's backwards compatible

> But I don't even know if you have/need a boot loader at all there.

we run u-boot like everyone else, but u-boot doesn't handle passing
the rootfs in.

> Here is what I found quickly:

updated comments here look nice, thanks
-mike