From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru•mvista.com>
To: David Gibson <david@gibson•dropbear.id.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev <Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Create "rom" (MTD) device prpmc2800
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:39:45 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46713711.5010709@ru.mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070614042906.GC11177@localhost.localdomain>
David Gibson wrote:
>>>>How do non-device-tree MTD users handle this?
>>>Invidual, board-specific map files with hardcoded partition tables.
>>That's what I was afraid of. Sigh.
>>>See drivers/mtd/maps/ebony.c for example.
>>[/me looks...] Oh horror.
>>>Hence my view of the device
>>>tree as a preferable option.
>>I think some binary partition table format that can be
>>used by _all_ MTD consumers should be defined. How
>>that table should be communicated to the kernel in the
>>device tree case we can discuss later, then. Maybe
>>something as simple as storing it in flash, and have a
>>"partition-table-offset" property or something like that.
>>This is something the MTD people will have to buy into
>>of course.
> I tought I saw some config option implying that there already existed
> an on-device partition table format for flashes. Doesn't help us for
You probably mean RedBoot table?
> existing boards which don't expect such a setup, of course.
Exactly. It's specific to RedBoot.
WBR, Sergei
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-14 12:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-01 23:20 [PATCH] powerpc: Create "rom" (MTD) device prpmc2800 Mark A. Greer
2007-06-02 8:46 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 20:56 ` Mark A. Greer
2007-06-05 20:35 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-05 21:11 ` Mark A. Greer
2007-06-06 12:41 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-07 15:08 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-06 2:39 ` David Gibson
2007-06-07 13:30 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-12 4:42 ` David Gibson
2007-06-12 10:50 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 6:12 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 9:13 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 9:19 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 9:37 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-14 4:29 ` David Gibson
2007-06-14 8:00 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-14 12:39 ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2007-06-14 13:20 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-14 12:48 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-14 13:18 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-14 12:50 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-14 13:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-06-02 4:30 Milton Miller
2007-06-02 7:39 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-03 16:10 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:36 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:03 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:25 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:36 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:46 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 19:16 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 21:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-04 12:34 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 14:37 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 14:49 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-07 14:53 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 15:49 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-07 14:47 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 15:32 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-02 8:53 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 16:22 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:40 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:31 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:44 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 19:13 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 19:56 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 20:26 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 8:07 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 13:34 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-07 15:00 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 15:55 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-07 16:05 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 16:46 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-12 4:44 ` David Gibson
2007-06-12 10:53 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 3:16 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 5:05 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 6:11 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 9:10 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-15 4:12 ` David Gibson
2007-06-15 11:22 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-15 4:14 ` David Gibson
2007-06-15 8:42 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-15 8:47 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-15 8:59 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 21:12 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-04 8:11 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 13:16 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 12:41 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 14:49 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 15:54 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:29 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:45 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:18 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:59 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 19:48 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 20:10 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 8:02 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 19:40 ` Mark A. Greer
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