Messages in this thread | | | From | Caizhiyong <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] block: support embedded device command line partition | Date | Tue, 6 Aug 2013 10:53:01 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@linux-foundation.org] > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 6:22 AM > To: Caizhiyong > Cc: Karel Zak; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Wanglin (Albert); Quyaxin; Jens Axboe; > David Woodhouse; Marius Groeger > Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: support embedded device command line partition > > On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 09:57:04 +0000 Caizhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> wrote: > > > From: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> > > > > Read block device partition table from command line. > > The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device. > > It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed by > > absolute address of data on the block device. > > Users can easily change the partition. > > > > This code reference MTD partition, source "drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c" > > About the partition verbose reference > "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt" > > > > Seems OK to me. > > The obvious question is: can we consolidate this with > drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c in some fashion so the kernel doesn't have > two parsers which do the same thing?
I will move the parser to "lib/cmdline.c".
Looking forward to your feedback. Best regards, Cai Zhiyong.
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