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Re: [MIPS] Remove the RAMROOT function for msp71xx

from [Christoph Hellwig] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Shane McDonald <mcdonald.shane@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MIPS] Remove the RAMROOT function for msp71xx
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:10:14 +0200
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, ralf@linux-mips.org
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 05:00:27PM -0600, Shane McDonald wrote:
> The RAMROOT function was a successful but non-portable attempt to append
> the root filesystem to the end of the kernel image.  The preferred and
> portable solution is to use an initramfs instead.  This patch removes
> the RAMROOT functionality.
> 
> This patch has been compile-tested against the current HEAD.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shane McDonald <mcdonald.shane@gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/mips/pmc-sierra/Kconfig            |   12 ------
>  arch/mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/msp_prom.c |   60 
> +------------------------------

Looks good to me, but now a build of drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-ramroot.c
will fail.  Given that it's useless now you should probably remove it,
too.
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