linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/sequoia: fix NAND partitions not to overlap

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 14:37:17 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     sr@...x.de, jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org,
        mpe@...erman.id.au, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        trivial@...nel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/sequoia: fix NAND partitions not to overlap

On Wed, 17 May 2017 14:06:13 +0200 Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de> wrote:

> On Sun 2017-04-02 12:05:36, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Fix overlapping NAND partitions.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
> 
> Ping? Two partitions at same place are bad news...

Please expand on "bad news"?  What are the runtime effects of this
change?  Decisions about which kernel(s) to patch depend on this info.