[U-Boot] [PATCH] mtd: Update MTD infrastructure to support 64bit device size

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Monday 11 May 2009 12:38:45 Stefan Roese wrote:
> On Monday 11 May 2009 18:27:02 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Monday 11 May 2009 10:03:55 Stefan Roese wrote:
> > > This patch brings the U-Boot MTD infrastructure in sync with the
> > > current Linux MTD version (2.6.30-rc3). Biggest change is the 64bit
> > > device size support and a resync of the mtdpart.c file which has seen
> > > multiple fixes meanwhile.
> >
> > really wish there was a define to control this.  large devices are fine,
> > but it sucks when majority of people dont hit this limit.
>
> What is the drawback of this code version? I have to admit that I didn't
> compare code size, but this is the only possible drawback coming to my
> mind. And the advantages are big enough from my point of view. Being in
> sync with Linux once again not only brings 64bit device size support but
> removes quite a lot of bugs from the mtd infrastructure (for example used
> by UBI).
>
> And frankly, cluttering the files with another set of #ifdef's doesn't
> really sound promising. Additionally this would make future sync's with the
> Linux version more troublesome.

i'd see most of the changes be via a typedef and thus there are no ifdefs 
cluttering up the code
-mike
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