From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 18:34:10 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot] mtdparts and JFFS2
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On Monday 04 May 2009, Renaud barbier wrote:
> I have used the new (to me) dynamic partitioning system with JFFS2.
>
> I have defined one partiton as follows:
> mtdids=nor0=boardnor
> mtdparts=mtdparts=boardnor:4m(boot)
>
> After using chpart (chpart nor0,0) successfully I was not able to list
> the file
> embedded in my jffs2 image using the command ls.
>
> I later noticed that jffs2_part_info is called with current_dev = NULL;
>
> I then declared current_dev global in cmd_mtdparts.c and external in
> cmd_jffs2.c
>
> the 'ls' command then worked:
> U-boot> ls
> Scanning JFFS2 FS: . done.
>  -rw-r--r--  1148560 Thu Apr 30 14:13:52 2009 uImage
>
> So:
> Is that a bug?
> Or did I configure U-boot incorrectly?

This is a bug introduced with the split of the JFFS2 and MTDPARTS commands. 
Thanks for spotting.

Best would be if you could provide a proper patch to fix this.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan

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