Re: [PATCH v6 01/11] mtd: core: always create master device

Miquel Raynal
2025-06-08T19:38:06Z

Hi Guenter,

On 08/06/2025 at 07:00:10 GMT, "Usyskin, Alexander" <alexander.usyskin@intel.com> wrote:

>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/11] mtd: core: always create master device
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 04:09:11PM +0200, Alexander Usyskin wrote:
>> > Create master device without partition when
>> > CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER flag is unset.
>> >
>> > This streamlines device tree and allows to anchor
>> > runtime power management on master device in all cases.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@intel.com>
>>
>> Several of my qemu boot tests fail to boot from mtd devices with this patch
>> in the mainline kernel. Reverting it fixes the problem. As far as I can
>> see this affects configurations with CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER=y
>> when
>> trying to boot from an mtd partition other than mtdblock0, with the
>> mtd partition data in devicetree (.../aspeed/openbmc-flash-layout.dtsi).
>> Is there a guidance describing the changed behavior, by any chance,
>> and how the boot command line now needs to look like when using one of
>> the flash partitions as root file system ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Guenter
>
> I've tried to make is as transparent as possible for the existing users.
> Only change is that now every partition has master that is not partitioned.
> Is the CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER=n fixed the problem for you?

No change is expected, can you please describe the devices that you
observe with and without the patch? Maybe there is something wrong in
the core logic.

Thanks,
Miquèl