From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
To: Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, dwmw2@infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more strict
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:45:43 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1346413543.9709.45.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1346001700-26895-1-git-send-email-shijie8@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 13:21 -0400, Huang Shijie wrote:
> There are typically two types to set the mtd partitions:
>
> <1> set with the `size`, such as
> gpmi-nand:100m(boot),100m(kernel),1g(rootfs)
>
> <2> set with the `offset`, such as
> gpmi-nand:100m@0(boot),100m@100m(kernel),1g@200m(rootfs)
> gpmi-nand:1g@200m(rootfs),100m@0(boot),100m@100m(kernel)
>
> If we mix these two types, such as:
> gpmi-nand:100m@0(boot),100m(kernel),1g@200m(rootfs)
> gpmi-nand:1g@200m(rootfs),100m@0(boot),100m(kernel)
>
> It's hard to understand the cmdline. And also it is hard to sort the
> partitions in this mixed type. So we explicitly forbid the mixed type.
So "explicitly forbid" is just to add a "do not do this" comment?
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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
To: Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com>
Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more strict
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:45:43 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1346413543.9709.45.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1346001700-26895-1-git-send-email-shijie8@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 13:21 -0400, Huang Shijie wrote:
> There are typically two types to set the mtd partitions:
>
> <1> set with the `size`, such as
> gpmi-nand:100m(boot),100m(kernel),1g(rootfs)
>
> <2> set with the `offset`, such as
> gpmi-nand:100m@0(boot),100m@100m(kernel),1g@200m(rootfs)
> gpmi-nand:1g@200m(rootfs),100m@0(boot),100m@100m(kernel)
>
> If we mix these two types, such as:
> gpmi-nand:100m@0(boot),100m(kernel),1g@200m(rootfs)
> gpmi-nand:1g@200m(rootfs),100m@0(boot),100m(kernel)
>
> It's hard to understand the cmdline. And also it is hard to sort the
> partitions in this mixed type. So we explicitly forbid the mixed type.
So "explicitly forbid" is just to add a "do not do this" comment?
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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-31 11:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-26 17:21 [PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more strict Huang Shijie
2012-08-26 17:21 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-26 17:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: sort the unsorted partitions Huang Shijie
2012-08-26 17:21 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-31 13:59 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-08-31 13:59 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-08-31 14:29 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-31 14:29 ` Huang Shijie
2012-09-03 7:21 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-09-03 7:21 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-08-26 17:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: fix the wrong partitions number when truncating occurs Huang Shijie
2012-08-26 17:21 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-30 6:43 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-08-30 6:43 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-08-30 6:39 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-30 6:39 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-31 11:45 ` Artem Bityutskiy [this message]
2012-08-31 11:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more strict Artem Bityutskiy
2012-08-31 13:36 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-31 13:36 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-31 14:30 ` Huang Shijie
2012-08-31 14:30 ` Huang Shijie
2012-09-03 7:18 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-09-03 7:18 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-09-03 15:09 ` Huang Shijie
2012-09-03 15:09 ` Huang Shijie
2012-09-03 15:35 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-09-04 3:23 ` Huang Shijie
2012-09-04 11:48 ` Shmulik Ladkani
2012-09-05 2:12 ` Huang Shijie
2012-09-05 5:30 ` Shmulik Ladkani
2012-09-22 16:01 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-12-17 1:11 ` Christopher Cordahi
2012-12-18 5:27 ` Brian Norris
2013-01-15 11:49 ` Artem Bityutskiy
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