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>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

 >> Any recommendations on a simple way to create a partition using the
 >> entirety of flash?

 Mike> looks like no one responded.  i'm pretty sure the answer is to use
 Mike> add_mtd_device() even in face of add_mtd_partitions().

Why not just add a partition spanning the entire device in addition to
the other partitions?

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard