From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EA7FC433FE for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:59:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=FkOvRWb+Eh0Rw+pBNKXnEeeO6/EVvH5VyWSf0oadB7Y=; b=okwnHs/kmF0wJL V3SpE9ajKhIbP8FW3hXdfD4kTURmn15cT2UGMPf7Gqew3CxkzyJSHNQmlsra21sCav0HBkbS5xaDh uN27u3USlJwC6Vb7O/SqnbT0co/nKJ8S7jED2lMDiirg90ytE3HjTe9oQ6XiiH8RbpOnnMsuK6eT4 GP1lG40Io9moc+Mr8GlxC/qQ3KskLa1wUfQPnATMf77jgZnTuNH8obRddMzhARb8eHOdQSLLZQSd0 r+v5MjcQZp3VsWrTlO3dXrH8qau/zHdmHkglE9MPkTwVXalqn+4Gzir4YijVYVqxGPJ3JW9qz9QFe sUolwyo1leFg0Q8uQiwA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1ovYsA-00B1dn-WB; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:59:43 +0000 Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1ovYs5-00B1Yn-PD; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:59:37 +0000 Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:59:37 -0800 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Richard Weinberger Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Daniel Golle , Jens Axboe , Miquel Raynal , Vignesh Raghavendra , Matthew Wilcox , "Martin K. Petersen" , Chaitanya Kulkarni , Michal Orzel , linux-block , linux-kernel , linux-mtd Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] partitions/efi: add support for uImage.FIT sub-partitions Message-ID: References: <7526fc5a461a0d68eb1dab575f9c1950638fc21a.1668548123.git.daniel@makrotopia.org> <271114315.250800.1668667808308.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <271114315.250800.1668667808308.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> X-BeenThere: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-mtd" Errors-To: linux-mtd-bounces+linux-mtd=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:50:08AM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > I think supporting these images in Linux is a worthwhile goal. I never argued against that. But it is not a fit for partitions. So write a proper stacked block driver or dm driver for it if you care enough. The format is a complete mess and should be isolated to not affect the rest of the kernel. ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/