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On Wed, 2014-10-22 at 19:48 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> Hm, this line is already way too long!

Can be split then.

> Moreover, you have a /proc and a /sysfs interface to retrieve the erasesize:
> 
> What's wrong with using any of the currently available interfaces:
> 
> $ cat /sys/class/mtd/mtd0/erasesize 
> 131072
> 
> $ cat /proc/mtd | grep mtd0 | awk '{print $3}'
> 00020000
> 
> Any reason why you want the info in the kernel log?

When people ask for help and send their logs, it is very handy to have
this information there.