[U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4 v2] mtdparts: new add.e: add part skipping bad blocks

Scott Wood
2010-08-09T18:25:25Z

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:58:39 -0400
Ben Gardiner <bengardiner@nanometrics.ca> wrote:

> This patch adds a new 'mtdparts add' variant: add.e (with a synomym add.i).

Why multiple ways to say the same thing, in a new command with no
legacy to be compatible with?

Even on the commands where .e and .i used to do something, that's now
the default, and the suffix is unnecessary. So I don't see any need to
mimic the syntax.

What do "e" and "i" even stand for? It looks like they were "for
compatibility with older units" even when first committed.

-Scott