From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 15FZAN-0000KG-00 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:36:55 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <20010628120519.B6265@crystal.2d3d.co.za> References: <20010628120519.B6265@crystal.2d3d.co.za> <3B3B5128.7040006@niisi.msk.ru> To: Abraham vd Merwe Cc: Alexandr Andreev , MTD for Linux Subject: Re: Making partitions questions. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:37:20 +0100 Message-ID: <12028.993724640@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: abraham@2d3d.co.za said: > In order to actually make a userland utility you'd have to implement > a system call to actually send the info to the partition driver which > will have to reregister the devices. Not all that difficult, but I > don't think anybody is working on it right now. You don't necessarily need to be able to change them at runtime. We already support a few methods of storing partitioning information on the medium rather than hard-coding it in the mapping driver. We can grok RedBoot FIS tables, Compaq bootldr partitions, and also the ARM Firmware Suite layout. abraham@2d3d.co.za said: > Yes. As long as you compile your kernel with MTD block device support > it, you can put anything on those block devices. I wouldn't use ext2 > on flash tho since it's not optimised for flash - jffs2 is definitely > your best bet. He said ext2 on FTL. That's sane, but possibly not legal, depending on whether software patents are enforceable in your part of the world. -- dwmw2