Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] block: partition table OF support

[Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 at 15:24, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>
> On 10/8/24 3:10 AM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 at 22:22, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:11:40 +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> >>> this is an initial proposal to complete support for manually defining
> >>> partition table.
> >>>
> >>> Some background on this. Many OEM on embedded device (modem, router...)
> >>> are starting to migrate from NOR/NAND flash to eMMC. The reason for this
> >>> is that OEM are starting to require more and more space for the firmware
> >>> and price difference is becoming so little that using eMMC is only benefits
> >>> and no cons.
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>
> >> Applied, thanks!
> >>
> >> [1/6] block: add support for defining read-only partitions
> >>       commit: 03cb793b26834ddca170ba87057c8f883772dd45
> >> [2/6] docs: block: Document support for read-only partition in cmdline part
> >>       commit: 62adb971e515d1bb0e9e555f3dd1d5dc948cf6a1
> >> [3/6] block: introduce add_disk_fwnode()
> >>       commit: e5f587242b6072ffab4f4a084a459a59f3035873
> >> [4/6] mmc: block: attach partitions fwnode if found in mmc-card
> >>       commit: 45ff6c340ddfc2dade74d5b7a8962c778ab7042c
> >> [5/6] block: add support for partition table defined in OF
> >>       commit: 884555b557e5e6d41c866e2cd8d7b32f50ec974b
> >> [6/6] dt-bindings: mmc: Document support for partition table in mmc-card
> >>       commit: 06f39701d0666d89dd3c86ff0b163c7139b7ba2d
> >>
> >
> > I think we may need another merging strategy for this as I quite big
> > changes in the pipe for the mmc block device this cycle.
> >
> > Would it be possible for you to drop the mmc patches and instead share
> > an immutable branch with the block changes that I can pull in, so I
> > can take the mmc changes?
>
> I mean we can, but the mmc changes in here are pretty self contained.
> I'd rather avoid rebasing the block tree for that, given how small the
> changes are. If it conflicts, should be easy enough to resolve.

Okay, let's give it a try and see how it goes.

>
> You an also just pull in the block tree now and resolve the conflict.
> There's not a whole lot in there yet outside of this series.

Let's wait and see. If we get some conflicts, you can always set a tag
to the latest of the mmc commits in your tree that I can pull instead.

Kind regards
Uffe