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From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel <joern@logfs.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] root=/dev/mtdblock@name
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On Fri, 19 October 2007 13:55:08 +0200, Leon Woestenberg wrote:
> 
> we have a small patch for 2.6.19 that allows us to specify a root
> filesystem on MTD using named partitions, i.e. such as RedBoot fis
> partitions.
> 
> root=/dev/mtdblock@name
> 
> Is this something that would be accepted upstream? If so, I'll forward
> the patch to the current MTD GIT tree.

What would that gain us that drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c does not already
offer?

Jörn

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