I guess it is nice to CC the original author?
On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 09:40 -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.
>
> The only user of this function was the msp71xx configuration
> in the MIPS architecture; as the use of the RAMROOT has been removed
> from that configuration, there are no more users, so this code
> can be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shane McDonald <mcdonald.shane@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig | 9 ---
> drivers/mtd/maps/Makefile | 1 -
> drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-ramroot.c | 104 -------------------------------------
> 3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-ramroot.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
> index 82923bd..2807833 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
> @@ -105,15 +105,6 @@ config MSP_FLASH_MAP_LIMIT
> default "0x02000000"
> depends on MSP_FLASH_MAP_LIMIT_32M
>
> -config MTD_PMC_MSP_RAMROOT
> - tristate "Embedded RAM block device for root on PMC-Sierra MSP"
> - depends on PMC_MSP_EMBEDDED_ROOTFS && \
> - (MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO) && \
> - MTD_RAM
> - help
> - This provides support for the embedded root file system
> - on PMC MSP devices. This memory is mapped as a MTD block device.
> -
> config MTD_SUN_UFLASH
> tristate "Sun Microsystems userflash support"
> depends on SPARC && MTD_CFI && PCI
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/maps/Makefile
> index 2dbc1be..8bae7f9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/Makefile
> @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_OCTAGON) += octagon-5066.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP) += physmap.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_OF) += physmap_of.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_PMC_MSP_EVM) += pmcmsp-flash.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_PMC_MSP_RAMROOT)+= pmcmsp-ramroot.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_PCMCIA) += pcmciamtd.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_RPXLITE) += rpxlite.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_TQM8XXL) += tqm8xxl.o
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-ramroot.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-ramroot.c
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 30de5c0..0000000
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-ramroot.c
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
> -/*
> - * Mapping of the rootfs in a physical region of memory
> - *
> - * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 PMC-Sierra Inc.
> - * Author: Andrew Hughes, Andrew_Hughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> - *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> - * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
> - * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
> - * option) any later version.
> - *
> - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
> - * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
> - * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN
> - * NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
> - * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
> - * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
> - * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
> - * ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
> - * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
> - * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> - * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> - * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> - */
> -
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> -#include <linux/types.h>
> -#include <linux/kernel.h>
> -#include <linux/init.h>
> -#include <linux/slab.h>
> -#include <linux/fs.h>
> -#include <linux/root_dev.h>
> -#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
> -#include <linux/mtd/map.h>
> -
> -#include <asm/io.h>
> -
> -#include <msp_prom.h>
> -
> -static struct mtd_info *rr_mtd;
> -
> -struct map_info rr_map = {
> - .name = "ramroot",
> - .bankwidth = 4,
> -};
> -
> -static int __init init_rrmap(void)
> -{
> - void *ramroot_start;
> - unsigned long ramroot_size;
> -
> - /* Check for supported rootfs types */
> - if (get_ramroot(&ramroot_start, &ramroot_size)) {
> - rr_map.phys = CPHYSADDR(ramroot_start);
> - rr_map.size = ramroot_size;
> -
> - printk(KERN_NOTICE
> - "PMC embedded root device: 0x%08lx @ 0x%08lx\n",
> - rr_map.size, (unsigned long)rr_map.phys);
> - } else {
> - printk(KERN_ERR
> - "init_rrmap: no supported embedded rootfs detected!\n");
> - return -ENXIO;
> - }
> -
> - /* Map rootfs to I/O space for block device driver */
> - rr_map.virt = ioremap(rr_map.phys, rr_map.size);
> - if (!rr_map.virt) {
> - printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to ioremap\n");
> - return -EIO;
> - }
> -
> - simple_map_init(&rr_map);
> -
> - rr_mtd = do_map_probe("map_ram", &rr_map);
> - if (rr_mtd) {
> - rr_mtd->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> -
> - add_mtd_device(rr_mtd);
> -
> - return 0;
> - }
> -
> - iounmap(rr_map.virt);
> - return -ENXIO;
> -}
> -
> -static void __exit cleanup_rrmap(void)
> -{
> - del_mtd_device(rr_mtd);
> - map_destroy(rr_mtd);
> -
> - iounmap(rr_map.virt);
> - rr_map.virt = NULL;
> -}
> -
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("PMC-Sierra, Inc");
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTD map driver for embedded PMC-Sierra MSP filesystem");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> -
> -module_init(init_rrmap);
> -module_exit(cleanup_rrmap);
--
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
