From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mtd: physmap_of: allow to specify the mtd name for retro compatiblity Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20121115155011.GD4398@game.jcrosoft.org> References: <1352062641-31850-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> <20121115131926.47F853E0B12@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121115131926.47F853E0B12@localhost> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.infradead.org To: Grant Likely Cc: devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 13:19 Thu 15 Nov , Grant Likely wrote: > On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 21:57:21 +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > linux,mtd-name allow to specify the mtd name for retro capability with > > physmap-flash drivers as boot loader pass the mtd partition via the old > > device name physmap-flash. > > Ummm. I don't follow. Could you explain more about how this change will > be used? the bootloader pass the nor flash (aka physmap) partitions via cmdline when switching to DT the mtd name change so the kernel does not found the partition table anymore as the mtd name is now the node name and no I can not change the bootloader (product on the market) Best Regards, J.