Hi Steve --
--- In "s_ladendorf" <> wrote:
>
> I've banged my head enough and now I need to ask. How do I get the
> 2.6.27.4 kernel with the matt-4 patch to recognize the CompactFlash as
> a root partition? I can load the kernel via tftp but when I execute
> it the kernel panics as it never finds the /dev/sda1 partition. Do I
> need to use an initrd image with a kernel module? Can the device
> support be monolithic and what features do I need to turn on? I did
> use the ts7200_defconfig as my kernel config when building.
Please see the thread starting here for another person currently
trying to do this (but with the 2.6.21-TS kernel):
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/13731
No feedback yet on whether it worked, but there are a few suggestions
in there. You shouldn't _need_ an initrd; a mostly monolithic kernel
is a good approach in an embedded system IMHO.
> We have about 2 dozen of these units that were manufactured for a
> company called JumpNode that is no longer in business. We would like
> to use them with the 2.6 kernel but I can't get past this one last
issue.
>
> I am more than willing to send one to who ever can provide a working
> solution (you don't need to do the work - just tell me now ;-).
>
> They are a variation of the ts7250 with a 512 Meg CF card, dual usb,
> eth100, modem and 128 Meg (kernel ignores 8192K 8 times - a fix for
> that would be nice as well ;-).
128M RAM? If so, then a full dmesg listing from a 2.4-TS kernel
booting would be helpful, so we have a known-good memory layout
listing. The current discussion about getting Matt's 2.6.28.3 patch
going with SPARSEMEM may help here too. It seems to be almost there.
In fact posting a full 2.4-TS kernel dmesg or minicom boot log would
probably be helpful in any case, showing any other non-standard
features that need to be enabled in the 2.6 configs.
regards, ......... Charlie
>
> steve.ladendorf at spanlink.com if anyone is interested.
>
> Thanks!
>
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