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From: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:30:23 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] mtdparts: fix write through NULL pointer
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Hi Stefano,

On Wednesday 28 April 2010 13:12:22 Stefano Babic wrote:
> > The "mtdparts add" command wrote through a NULL pointer - on many
> > systems this went unnoticed (PowerPC has writable RAM there, some ARM
> > systems have ROM where a write has no effect), but on arm1136
> > (i.MX31) it crashed the system.
> > 
> > Add appropriate checks.
> 
> Hi Wolfgang,
> 
> I have already sent a patch fixing this issue,
> 
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2010-April/070347.html
> 
> However, I preferred (easier way) to fix the calling function as the
> device_parse(). I do not know if Stefan has already merged it.

No, I haven't merged it. Since I was not sure if this has to go through one of 
my git repositories. Both cfi-flash and ubi don't really include this mtdparts 
stuff.

Wolfgang, I suggest you apply your preferred version directly.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Stefan

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