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From: Matteo Croce <technoboy85@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][MIPS][2/7] AR7: mtd partition map
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Il Thursday 20 September 2007 19:52:05 hai scritto:
> > +#include <linux/squashfs_fs.h>
> 
> As Ralf mentioned this is not in mainline, so you can't include it.
> Fortunately for you including it seems to be a rather dumb idea anyway,
> see below for further comments.

You're right, i'll move the magic into linux/magic.h

> > +static struct mtd_partition ar7_parts[5];
> 
> Can we please get a symbolic name for that 5?  Then again we only
> seems to use 3 anyway, and create_mtd_partitions returns 4..

we use 4, and bootloader  is right, it returns 4
The fourth partition is empty, the kernel formats it as jffs2
when mounting

> > +	unsigned int root_offset = 0xe0000;
> 
> Please provide a symbolic name for this one.

Ok

> > +	printk(KERN_INFO "Parsing AR7 partition map...\n");
> 
> Do we really need this printk?

No?

> > +		if (header.checksum == 0xfeedfa42)
> > +			break;
> > +		if (header.checksum == 0xfeed1281)
> > +			break;
> 
> These two want symbolic names, please:
> 
> enum {
> 	/* some comment */
> 	FOO_PART_MAGIC = 0xfeedfa42,	
> 
> 	/* more comment */
> 	BAR_PART_MAGIC = 0xfeed1281,
> };
> 
> > +	switch (header.checksum) {
> > +	case 0xfeedfa42:
> > +		while (header.length) {
> > +			offset += sizeof(header) + header.length;
> > +			master->read(master, offset, sizeof(header),
> > +				     &len, (u_char *)&header);
> > +		}
> > +		root_offset = offset + sizeof(header) + 4;
> > +		break;
> > +	case 0xfeed1281:
> 
> Especially as you use them here again.

Right, will do


> > +	default:
> > +		printk(KERN_WARNING "Unknown magic: %08x\n", header.checksum);
> > +		break;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	master->read(master, root_offset,
> > +		sizeof(header), &len, (u_char *)&header);
> > +	if (header.checksum != SQUASHFS_MAGIC) {
> > +		root_offset += master->erasesize - 1;
> > +		root_offset &= ~(master->erasesize - 1);
> > +	}
> 
> And after this I'm pretty sure either of the two hex constants above
> is SQUASHFS_MAGIC.  But not actually the magic in the squashfs
> superblock, but someone decided to reuse it for the partitions magic.
> So one of the comments for *_PART_MAGIC becomes:
> 
> 	/* same as SQUASHFS_MAGIC for some odd reason.. */

No. There are MIPS instructions. We look for the loader
start offset since it is in the first partition