[U-Boot] [PATCH] flread: new command for reading indirect mapped flashes

Mike Frysinger
2009-07-10T14:31:41Z

On Monday 06 July 2009 04:47:41 Stefan Roese wrote:
> On Monday 06 July 2009 10:37:10 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Monday 06 July 2009 03:25:43 Stefan Roese wrote:
> > > On Monday 06 July 2009 09:04:44 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > we would want to avoid ambiguity -- is
> > > > "nor" referring to the nor flashes or is it referring to a partition
> > > > named "nor".
> > >
> > > The first version would refer "nor" as flash type and the 2nd one
> > > "nor0" as a device name from mtdparts/mtdids.
> >
> > so people wouldnt be able to name a mtdpart "nor"
>
> Yes, this doesn't make much sense. It's probably better to only use the 2nd
> approach via the mtdparts/mtdids name.

when mtdparts support is enabled, sure. the logic could be fairly dynamic --
if you give it two args, it is referring to a flash type and a flash #. if
you give it one, it defaults to mtdparts if it's enabled. if no mtdpart
exists named that way, it falls back to flash type and flash 0.
-mike
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