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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more strict
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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:
>=20
> <1> set with the `size`, such as
>     gpmi-nand:100m(boot),100m(kernel),1g(rootfs)
>=20
> <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)
>=20
> 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)
>=20
> 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?

--=20
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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