[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6] arm: socfpga: cyclone5-socdk: Enabling mtd partitioning layout

Marek Vasut
2015-12-14T11:31:32Z

On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 12:26:39 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2015-12-14 12:09:08, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 08:54:38 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > (Please, trim your emails when replying)
> > >
> > > > Try this:
> > > >
> > > > mtdparts=1m(u-boot),256k(env1),256k(env2),14848k(boot),112m(root),- at 1
> > > > 536k (UBI)
> > > >
> > > > This will create overlapping partitions "boot,root" and "UBI" .
> > >
> > > Just because you can does not mean that you should. This looks like a
> > > nasty trap for a user.
> >
> > Please explain in detail why do you think so.
>
> Please make a 200 page study of human psychology explaining that noone
> would ever be confused by two overlapping partitions :-).

Add a comment explaining the situation and reasoning behind that, problem
solved.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut