From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev <Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Create "rom" (MTD) device prpmc2800
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:37:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <791ab8b82c5b5d2b3ae4827a891a43ea@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070613091904.GA30948@localhost.localdomain>
>> How do non-device-tree MTD users handle this?
>
> Invidual, board-specific map files with hardcoded partition tables.
That's what I was afraid of. Sigh.
> See drivers/mtd/maps/ebony.c for example.
[/me looks...] Oh horror.
> Hence my view of the device
> tree as a preferable option.
I think some binary partition table format that can be
used by _all_ MTD consumers should be defined. How
that table should be communicated to the kernel in the
device tree case we can discuss later, then. Maybe
something as simple as storing it in flash, and have a
"partition-table-offset" property or something like that.
This is something the MTD people will have to buy into
of course.
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-13 9:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-01 23:20 [PATCH] powerpc: Create "rom" (MTD) device prpmc2800 Mark A. Greer
2007-06-02 8:46 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 20:56 ` Mark A. Greer
2007-06-05 20:35 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-05 21:11 ` Mark A. Greer
2007-06-06 12:41 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-07 15:08 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-06 2:39 ` David Gibson
2007-06-07 13:30 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-12 4:42 ` David Gibson
2007-06-12 10:50 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 6:12 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 9:13 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 9:19 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 9:37 ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2007-06-14 4:29 ` David Gibson
2007-06-14 8:00 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-14 12:39 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-14 13:20 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-14 12:48 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-14 13:18 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-14 12:50 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-14 13:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-06-02 4:30 Milton Miller
2007-06-02 7:39 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-03 16:10 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:36 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:03 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:25 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:36 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:46 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 19:16 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 21:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-04 12:34 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 14:37 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 14:49 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-07 14:53 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 15:49 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-07 14:47 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 15:32 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-02 8:53 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 16:22 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:40 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:31 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:44 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 19:13 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 19:56 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 20:26 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 8:07 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 13:34 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-07 15:00 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 15:55 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-07 16:05 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-07 16:46 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-12 4:44 ` David Gibson
2007-06-12 10:53 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 3:16 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 5:05 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-13 6:11 ` David Gibson
2007-06-13 9:10 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-15 4:12 ` David Gibson
2007-06-15 11:22 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-15 4:14 ` David Gibson
2007-06-15 8:42 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-15 8:47 ` David Woodhouse
2007-06-15 8:59 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 21:12 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-04 8:11 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 13:16 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 12:41 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 14:49 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 15:54 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:29 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 17:45 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:18 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 18:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 18:59 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-03 19:48 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-03 20:10 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-06-04 8:02 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-04 19:40 ` Mark A. Greer
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