Re: Nfs mount & lcd trouble

Ciao Eddi,

> I tried to boot linux with pxalcd compiled as module and lcd doesn't
> initialize,
>
>while if recompiled as static it works... Perhaps I need to pass a kernel
>parameter but I have no idea what kernel parameter to add..
>(A question,, what fs type use your initrd? mount -o loop
>-t[ext2,romfs,ramfs,etc] initrd /mnt/tmp doesn't work )
>
>
That's very strange that it doesn't work with modules!

The format of our initrd is ext2. Actually, to mount it, you need to
uncompress it first:
gunzip < initrd > initrd.img
mount -o loop initrd.img /mnt/tmp

Once your changes are done and you unmounted it, you need to compress it again.

I'm surprised that everyone seems to do this, while it would be much simpler to ask the kernel to uncompress the file on the fly while it mounts it. It seems that such an option is not available yet or that very few people know it, though that's what the kernel does at startup.

If you have time, I've got a new initrd and kernel to try:

    * http://michaelo.free.fr/pda/h2210/starterkit/zImage_mar23 (should
      have what is needed for h4000)
    * http://michaelo.free.fr/pda/h2210/starterkit/initrd_mar22 (comes
      with a new linuxrc script that can load platform specific modules:
      for h4000, it's supposed to load the pxafb module, while for h2200
      it loads other ones).

That would be great if you could try these 2, as having a common initrd
could be useful for all devices running Linux 2.6.

>What surprise, do you speek italian too :D
>
>
>
Non molto. L'ho imparato un pò quando ero a Milano per il lavoro qualche
anno fa... Per noi francesi andare in Italia è sempre molto piacevole.
Si mangia molto bene e per di piú, e un paese molto bello!

:-)

    Michael.

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Michael Opdenacker
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