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Subject: Re: RO permission on odd numbered MTD devices? 
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mhill@bustech.com said:
> Can anyone tell me why the odd numbered MTD character devices are
> ReadOnly?

> I see the code in MTDCHAR.C, but I have no idea what it was setup this
> way. 

grep --context=3 mtdr0 /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt

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