[U-Boot-Users] Newbie... still stuck with RAM disk

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <BAY10-F73zrZB5WLlLt000334d2 at hotmail.com> you wrote:
>
> A couple of questions before I'm roasted.......
> 
> -> Do I need CONFIG_SETUP_MEMORY_TAGS enabled

Yes.

> -> Do I need CONFIG_INITRD_TAG enabled

Yes.

And CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG as well.

> -> Should CONFIG_DEVFS_FS be enabled in kernel?

No.

> -> Should CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT be enabled in kernel

No.

> -> When running mkimage for RAM disk what relevance are load and entry 
> addresses. My

They are irrelevant and can be omitted.

> 'Karim Yaghmour' book says not needed.

Karim is right.

> -> Do I need to specify 'initrd='
> -> Do I need to specify 'initrd_start='

Never needed any of these.


Ummm... do you have ext2 support  enabled  in  your  kernel  configu-
ration? [or whichever filesystem type you use in your ramdisk.]

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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Another megabytes the dust.