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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/mtd')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mtd/Kconfig | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig index 8bab6f8718a9..3a1f87def25b 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig @@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ config MTD_BLOCK on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD devices performing that function. - At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File - System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted - (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality - of the mtdblock device). + Note that mounting a JFFS2 filesystem doesn't require using mtdblock. + It's possible to mount a rootfs using the MTD device on the "root=" + bootargs as "root=mtd2" or "root=mtd:name_of_device". Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say, |