RE: [PATCH] block: support embedded device command line partition

From: Caizhiyong
Date: Tue Aug 06 2013 - 06:56:05 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 6:22 AM
> To: Caizhiyong
> Cc: Karel Zak; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 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@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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.

http://www.huawei.com
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