[U-Boot] [PATCH] mxs: Add NAND fdt and ramdisk partition to m28evk

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Fri Jan 4 01:49:05 CET 2013


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com> wrote:
> On 12/26/2012 12:26:13 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> > Dear Otavio Salvador,
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> >> > Adjust the NAND partitioning layout so that there is a separate
>> >> > partition
>> >> > for the ramdisk and fdt blob on the NAND.
>> >> >
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>> >>
>> >> A partition for a ramdisk? maybe initramfs or initrd might be better?
>> >
>> > Separate ramdisk (initrd).
>>
>> So maybe name it 'initrd' in the partition table?
>
>
> Why bias users against using initramfs instead?

I have nothing against initramfs or any other name, I just think
'ramdisk' is confusing (but it might be just my impression) that's why
I commented in the patch so others can comment on it too.

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Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
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