I've use the CF for the root filesystem, I've modified the kernel config file to do this. I add monolitic into the kernel the features for CF support.
The kernel is on CF and Redboot get it from here with load -r -m disk -b 0x01600000 hda1:openwrt-avila-zImage
When bootig it's all ok, he mount the root fs from the CF but the booting stop..
This is my output:
Trying NPE-B...success. Using NPE-B with PHY 0.
Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:d0:12:09:95:47
IP: 192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Default server: 192.168.1.50
RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM]
Gateworks certified release, version 2.04 - built 17:31:20, Jan 29 2008
Platform: Gateworks Avila GW23XX (IXP4XX) BE
Model Number: GW2348-4
Manufacture Date: 02-22-2008
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 Gateworks Corporation
RAM: 0x00000000-0x04000000, [0x00029f80-0x03fc1000] available
FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x51000000, 128 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.
== Executing boot script in 2.500 seconds - enter ^C to abort
RedBoot> load -r -m disk -b 0x01600000 hda1:openwrt-avila-zImage
Raw file loaded 0x01600000-0x0170839b, assumed entry at 0x01600000
RedBoot> exec -c "root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0,115200"
Using base address 0x01600000 and length 0x0010839c
Uncompressing Linux......................................................................... done, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.6.26.6 (tux@endorphine) (gcc version 4.1.2) #7 Wed May 27 17:08:32 CEST 2009
CPU: XScale-IXP42x Family [690541c2] revision 2 (ARMv5TE), cr=000039ff
Machine: Gateworks Avila Network Platform
Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
CPU0: D VIVT undefined 5 cache
CPU0: I cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets
CPU0: D cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 16256
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0,115200
PID hash table entries: 256 (order: 8, 1024 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Memory: 64MB = 64MB total
Memory: 62592KB available (2012K code, 179K data, 104K init)
SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
net_namespace: 480 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16
IXP4xx: Using 16MiB expansion bus window size
PCI: IXP4xx is host
PCI: IXP4xx Using direct access for memory space
PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers enabled
dmabounce: registered device 0000:00:01.0 on pci bus
dmabounce: registered device 0000:00:02.0 on pci bus
dmabounce: registered device 0000:00:03.0 on pci bus
dmabounce: registered device 0000:00:04.0 on pci bus
SCSI subsystem initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
IXP4xx Queue Manager initialized.
squashfs: version 3.0 (2006/03/15) Phillip Lougher
Registering mini_fo version $Id$
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY) ?© 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
msgmni has been set to 122
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
gpiodev: gpio device registered with major 253
gpiodev: gpio platform device registered with access mask 000002AA
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xc8000000 (irq = 15) is a XScale
console [ttyS0] enabled
serial8250.0: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xc8001000 (irq = 13) is a XScale
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
pata_ixp4xx_cf pata_ixp4xx_cf.0: version 0.3
scsi0 : pata_ixp4xx_cf
ata1: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x51000000 ctl 0x52000006 irq 29
ata1.00: CFA: Transcend 512M, 1.1, max PIO4
ata1.00: 1000944 sectors, multi 1: LBA
ata1.00: configured for PIO4
ata1.00: configured for PIO4
ata1: EH complete
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Transcend 512 1.1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1000944 512-byte hardware sectors (512 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1000944 512-byte hardware sectors (512 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda: sda1 sda2
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
IXP4XX-Flash.0: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank
Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x0031
Using buffer write method
cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled
Searching for RedBoot partition table in IXP4XX-Flash.0 at offset 0xfe0000
4 RedBoot partitions found on MTD device IXP4XX-Flash.0
Creating 4 MTD partitions on "IXP4XX-Flash.0":
0x00000000-0x00080000 : "RedBoot"
0x00080000-0x001e0000 : "zImage"
0x00fe0000-0x00fff000 : "FIS directory"
0x00fff000-0x01000000 : "RedBoot config"
i2c /dev entries driver
ds1672 0-0068: chip found, driver version 0.4
ds1672 0-0068: rtc core: registered ds1672 as rtc0
i2c-gpio i2c-gpio.0: using pins 7 (SDA) and 6 (SCL)
ad7418 0-0028: ad7418 chip found
ad7418 0-0028: configuring for mode 1
IXP4xx Watchdog Timer: heartbeat 60 sec
TCP westwood registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
XScale DSP coprocessor detected.
eth0: MII PHY 0 on NPE-B
eth1: MII PHY 1 on NPE-C
Registered led device: user
ds1672 0-0068: setting system clock to 2009-05-27 17:39:55 UTC (1243445995)
EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Freeing init memory: 104K
Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...What's wrong?
Regards
tuxwet