Re: [PATCH 1/4] mtd: diskonchip: remove two-phase partitioning / registration

[Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 04:17:17PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> It is a Bad Idea (TM) to call mtd_device_register() or
> mtd_device_parse_register() twice on the same master MTD. Among other
> things, it makes partition overrides (e.g., cmdlinepart) much more
> difficult.
> 
> Since commit 727dc612c46b ("mtd: part: Create the master device node
> when partitioned"), we now have a config option that accomplishes the
> same purpose as the double-registration done in diskonchip.c -- it
> forces the master MTD to *always* be registered, while partitions may
> optionally show up in addition. Eventually, we might like to make
> CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER into the default, but this could be
> disruptive to user-space expectations of MTD numbering, so we'll take
> that slowly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
> Cc: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@mail.ru>

Pushed patch 1 and 2, minus the FIXME's.