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

[Scott Wood]

On 01/03/2013 11:19:35 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dear Scott Wood,
> 
> > 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'm not biasing users against initramfs, but some users simply want  
> separate
> ramdisk outside of the kernel.

initramfs and initrd are different ways of formatting a ramdisk.  It's  
orthogonal to whether it's separate from the kernel image.

-Scott