Hello, I would like to powerup my board and have Linux come up automatically to the prompt. To do this I would like to store ppcboot in partition 1, the kernel in partition 2, and the root fs in partition 3 and have ppcboot transfer control to Linux through some environment settings. I have searched the archives and found an email that seems to outline this, it says, that the kernel config should have CONFIG_FLASH and CONFIG_AMD_FLASH turned on, as well as, adding a definition to file drivers/char/flash_config.c for my board (board = MBX860 and the definition is the same as TQM8xx). Then a dd command can write the images to the partitions. I have done this, but I get the following problem:
/dev # dd if=/tmp/tmpfile of=/dev/flasha3 bs=64k dd: /dev/flasha3: No such device See below for the contents of my dev subdir. Also, is it possible to do a serial download of the images from a host to the flash with a target root filesystem utilizing busybox? TIA, Norm My dev subdir looks like this: /dev # ls -all drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 3072 Oct 21 2002 . drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 Oct 21 2002 .. crw--w---- 1 root root 5, 1 Jan 2 01:18 console lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 21 2002 fb -> fb0 crw------- 1 root root 29, 0 Mar 24 2001 fb0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 21 2002 flash_environment -> flasha3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 21 2002 flash_kernel -> flasha2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 21 2002 flash_monitor -> flasha1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 21 2002 flash_reserved -> flasha4 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 0 Nov 14 2000 flasha crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 1 Nov 14 2000 flasha1 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 2 Nov 14 2000 flasha2 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 3 Nov 14 2000 flasha3 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 4 Nov 14 2000 flasha4 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 5 Nov 14 2000 flasha5 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 6 Nov 14 2000 flasha6 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 7 Nov 14 2000 flasha7 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 8 Nov 14 2000 flashb crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 9 Nov 14 2000 flashb1 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 10 Nov 14 2000 flashb2 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 11 Nov 14 2000 flashb3 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 12 Nov 14 2000 flashb4 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 13 Nov 14 2000 flashb5 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 14 Nov 14 2000 flashb6 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 60, 15 Nov 14 2000 flashb7 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 7 Nov 2 2000 full brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 0 Mar 24 2001 hda brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 1 Mar 24 2001 hda1 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 10 Mar 24 2001 hda10 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 11 Mar 24 2001 hda11 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 12 Mar 24 2001 hda12 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 13 Mar 24 2001 hda13 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 14 Mar 24 2001 hda14 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 15 Mar 24 2001 hda15 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 16 Mar 24 2001 hda16 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 2 Mar 24 2001 hda2 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 3 Mar 24 2001 hda3 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 4 Mar 24 2001 hda4 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 5 Mar 24 2001 hda5 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 6 Mar 24 2001 hda6 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 7 Mar 24 2001 hda7 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 8 Mar 24 2001 hda8 brw-rw---- 1 root root 3, 9 Mar 24 2001 hda9 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 42, 2 Dec 7 2000 ivms_switch crw-r----- 1 root root 1, 2 Nov 2 2000 kmem crw-r--r-- 1 root root 42, 1 Dec 7 2000 led_green crw-r--r-- 1 root root 42, 0 Jul 30 2000 led_yellow crw-r----- 1 root root 1, 1 Nov 2 2000 mem crw-rw-rw- 2 root root 1, 3 Nov 2 2000 mouse crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 0 Jun 8 2001 mtd0 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 2 Jun 8 2001 mtd1 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 20 Jun 8 2001 mtd10 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 22 Jun 8 2001 mtd11 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 24 Jun 8 2001 mtd12 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 26 Jun 8 2001 mtd13 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 28 Jun 8 2001 mtd14 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 30 Jun 8 2001 mtd15 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 32 Jun 8 2001 mtd16 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 4 Jun 8 2001 mtd2 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 6 Jun 8 2001 mtd3 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 8 Jun 8 2001 mtd4 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 10 Jun 8 2001 mtd5 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 12 Jun 8 2001 mtd6 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 14 Jun 8 2001 mtd7 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 16 Jun 8 2001 mtd8 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 18 Jun 8 2001 mtd9 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 0 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock0 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 1 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock1 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 10 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock10 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 11 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock11 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 12 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock12 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 13 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock13 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 14 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock14 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 15 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock15 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 16 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock16 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 2 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock2 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 3 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock3 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 4 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock4 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 5 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock5 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 6 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock6 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 7 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock7 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 8 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock8 brw-rw-r-- 1 root root 31, 9 Jun 8 2001 mtdblock9 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 1 Jun 8 2001 mtdr0 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 3 Jun 8 2001 mtdr1 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 21 Jun 8 2001 mtdr10 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 23 Jun 8 2001 mtdr11 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 25 Jun 8 2001 mtdr12 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 27 Jun 8 2001 mtdr13 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 29 Jun 8 2001 mtdr14 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 31 Jun 8 2001 mtdr15 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 33 Jun 8 2001 mtdr16 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 5 Jun 8 2001 mtdr2 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 7 Jun 8 2001 mtdr3 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 9 Jun 8 2001 mtdr4 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 11 Jun 8 2001 mtdr5 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 13 Jun 8 2001 mtdr6 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 15 Jun 8 2001 mtdr7 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 17 Jun 8 2001 mtdr8 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90, 19 Jun 8 2001 mtdr9 crw-rw-rw- 2 root root 1, 3 Nov 2 2000 null crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 0 Nov 2 2000 ptyp0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 1 Nov 2 2000 ptyp1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 2 Nov 2 2000 ptyp2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 3 Nov 2 2000 ptyp3 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 4 Nov 2 2000 ptyp4 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 5 Nov 2 2000 ptyp5 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 6 Nov 2 2000 ptyp6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 7 Nov 2 2000 ptyp7 brw-r----- 1 root root 1, 1 Jan 1 1980 ram brw-rw---- 1 root root 1, 0 Nov 10 1997 ram0 brw-rw---- 1 root root 1, 1 Sep 10 1996 ram1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5, 0 Nov 2 2000 tty crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 0 May 11 2001 tty0 crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 1 Aug 8 2001 tty1 crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Jul 21 2001 tty2 crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Jul 21 2001 tty3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 64 Nov 2 2000 ttyS0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 65 Nov 2 2000 ttyS1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 66 Nov 2 2000 ttyS2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 67 Nov 2 2000 ttyS3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 68 Mar 17 2002 ttyS4 crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 69 Mar 17 2002 ttyS5 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 0 Nov 2 2000 ttyp0 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 1 Nov 2 2000 ttyp1 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 2 Nov 2 2000 ttyp2 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 3 Nov 2 2000 ttyp3 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 4 Nov 2 2000 ttyp4 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 5 Nov 2 2000 ttyp5 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 6 Nov 2 2000 ttyp6 crw--w---- 1 root root 3, 7 Nov 2 2000 ttyp7 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Nov 2 2000 zero ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. 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