From: utx@penguin.cz (Stanislav Brabec)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Zaurus: Fix PROM partition table for spitz
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:13:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1256246014.9561.24.camel@utx.utx.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f17812d70910221405v753eadbdu67c0d532ac77e222@mail.gmail.com>
Eric Miao wrote:
> I'm a bit upset that some things else may depend on the original
> layout (though that's incorrect), and this possibly breaks the
> sequence numbering of /dev/mtd?.
It can break in many ways, e. g. by compiling one as module and another
into kernel, and depends on order of modules load.
That is why software should search partitions by name.
AFAIK, nothing uses the EN-JP or initial bootloader data in the 2.6.x
distros, so it should be just safe housekeeping.
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Stanislav Brabec
http://www.penguin.cz/~utx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-22 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-22 20:58 [PATCH] Zaurus: Fix PROM partition table for spitz Stanislav Brabec
2009-10-22 21:05 ` Eric Miao
2009-10-22 21:13 ` Stanislav Brabec [this message]
2009-10-22 21:33 ` Eric Miao
2009-10-22 21:45 ` Pavel Machek
2009-10-22 22:09 ` Stanislav Brabec
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