Re: [ECOS] Booting rootfs over TFTP with RedBoot

[Stephen Crocker <scrocker at ampltd dot com>]

Jonas Gorski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 14 May 2010 13:37, Stephen Crocker <scrocker@ampltd.com> wrote:
> > I am currently attempting to test a system using OpenWRT on a Gateworks
> > Cambria board with an XScale CPU.  I have produced a new rootfs for
> > experimentation purposes but I do not want to overwrite the rootfs that is
> > currently in the flash.
> > (...)
> > Clearly the kernel and rootfs are intended to be loaded into RAM at the same
> > location, but this is not possible if the rootfs is to be loaded over TFTP.
> >  Is there any way to specify a different rootfs offset to the kernel?
>
> Assuming you are using the buildroot from OpenWRT, you just need to
> select Target Images -> ramdisk in menuconfig. That way the rootfs
> will be included in the kernel image and automatically used instead of
> the existing rootfs on flash.

Thank you.  That seems to have done the trick.

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