[oe] PATCH: make h2200-bootloader load & depend on mtdblock

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 15:04 +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>> Richard Purdie wrote:
>>> Yes, its standard practise to RRECOMMEND kernel modules since if they're
>>> built into the kernel you get build failures otherwise. The RRECOMMEND
>>> is a standard approach and well tested.
>> Apart from this discussion, sorry to interrupt, but does mtdchar
>> 9related to mtdblock I guess) actually work?
>> On my H2200('s) it fails to properly flash a kernel.
>> It doesn't matter much now because we boot from SD, but nevertheless it
>> is strange.
>> The mtd folks refuse to help me when I repeatedly queried them.
> 
> Yes, mtdchar usually works.

'usually' sounds atypical here:

http://bugs.openembedded.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4354
but also:
http://bugs.openembedded.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4324
and:
http://bugs.openembedded.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4362

So a whole slew of flash-related issues, all based on mtd-related code.
My ipaq ran win2003 mobile fine.

> It may not do exactly what you expect though

That is what I observe, others see similar issues.

Udo