more WiP

modules/outputs/tftpboot.nix

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ in {
             # decompression code will assume that any memory after the
             # end of the kernel is free
 
-            dtbStart=$(($rootfsStart + $rootfsSize))
+            imageStart=$(($rootfsStart + $rootfsSize))
             ${if cfg.compressRoot
               then ''
                 lzma -z9cv ${o.rootfs} > rootfs.lz
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ in {
             fdtput -p -t lx dtb /reserved-memory/$node reg $ac_prefix $(hex $rootfsStart) $sz_prefix $(hex $rootfsSize)
             fdtput -p dtb /reserved-memory/$node no-map
 
-            cmd="liminix ${cmdline} mtdparts=phram0:''${rootfsSize}(rootfs) phram.phram=phram0,''${rootfsStart},''${rootfsSize},${toString config.hardware.flash.eraseBlockSize} root=/dev/fit0";
+            cmd="liminix ${cmdline} mtdparts=phram0:''${rootfsSize}(rootfs) phram.phram=phram0,''${rootfsStart},''${rootfsSize},${toString config.hardware.flash.eraseBlockSize} root=/dev/mtdblock0";
             #cmd="liminix ${cmdline}"
             fdtput -t s dtb /chosen ${config.boot.commandLineDtbNode} "$cmd"
 
@@ -148,22 +148,10 @@ cat << _VARS  >> mkimage.its
             data = /incbin/("./dtb");
             arch = "${arch}";
         };
-        ramdisk-1 {
-            description = "${arch} Liminix rootfs";
-            data = /incbin/("./rootfs");
-            type = "ramdisk";
-            arch = "${arch}";
-            os = "linux";
-        };
-    };
-    configurations {
-        config-1 {
-            ramdisk = "ramdisk-1";
-        };
     };
 };
 _VARS
-    mkimage -f mkimage.its kernel.uimage
+    mkimage -f mkimage.its image
             tftpcmd="tftpboot $(hex $imageStart) result/image "
             bootcmd="bootm $(hex $imageStart)"
 

pkgs/kernel/default.nix

@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     ./cmdline-cookie.patch
     ./mips-malta-fdt-from-bootloader.patch
-  ] ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder version "5.18.0")
+    ./phram-always-memremap.patch
-    ./phram-allow-cached-mappings.patch;
+  ];# ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder version "5.18.0")
+    #./phram-allow-cached-mappings.patch
 
   # this is here to work around what I think is a bug in nixpkgs
   # packaging of ncurses: it installs pkg-config data files which

pkgs/kernel/phram-always-memremap.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c	2024-12-20 23:42:19.248462526 +0100
++++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c	2024-12-20 23:41:11.344218259 +0100
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
+ {
+ 	void *addr = NULL;
+ 
+-	if (phram->cached)
++	if (phram->cached || true)
+ 		addr = memremap(start, len, MEMREMAP_WB);
+ 	else
+ 		addr = (void __force *)ioremap(start, len);
+@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
+ {
+ 	void *addr = phram->mtd.priv;
+ 
+-	if (phram->cached) {
++	if (phram->cached || true) {
+ 		memunmap(addr);
+ 		return;
+ 	}