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21 years ago

Linux - Change the location of a linux fs in flash

Hello, does anybody know how to change the location of the linux romfs in flash. I have a small custom board with only 1 MByte flash "available" and therefor i'm currently running my kernel direc...
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21 years ago

Hi Goon,

The mtd map for romfs is defined in drivers/mtd/maps/microtronix.c. It is actually hardcoded there (it would be nicer to use the symbol LINUX_ROMFS_START you modified, but unfortunately it is left out).

The size of the romfs is read from the romfs image on the fly, it is the third word of the romfs image.

Regards,

wentao