Messages in this thread | | | From | Ezequiel Garcia <> | Subject | [PATCH 0/3] mtdblock: Advertise about UBI and UBI block | Date | Sun, 1 Aug 2021 20:45:06 -0300 |
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Hi Richard, and everyone else:
Browsing the internet for "JFFS2 mtd" results in tutorials, articles and github.gists0 that point to mtdblock.
In fact, even the MTD wiki mentions that JFFS2 needs mtdblock to mount a rootfs:
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/jffs2.html
Moreover, I suspect there may be lots of users that still believe mtdblock is somehow needed to mount SquashFS.
I've taken a verbose route and added a pr_warn warning if the devices are NAND. I don't think using NAND without UBI is too wise, and given the amount of outdated tutorials I believe some advertising will help.
These patches are compile-tested only, as I don't have devices ready to test, but I can undust some boards and do some experiments if you think it's needed.
Oh, and PS: We also need to update the wiki.
Ezequiel Garcia (3): mtdblock: Update old JFFS2 mention in Kconfig mtdblock: Add comment about UBI block devices mtdblock: Warn if the added for a NAND device
drivers/mtd/Kconfig | 10 ++++++---- drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c | 4 ++++ drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-- 2.32.0
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