linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more strict

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Message-ID: <1346413543.9709.45.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:45:43 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shmulik.ladkani@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more
 strict

On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 13:21 -0400, Huang Shijie wrote:
> There are typically two types to set the mtd partitions:
> 
> <1> set with the `size`, such as
>     gpmi-nand:100m(boot),100m(kernel),1g(rootfs)
> 
> <2> set with the `offset`, such as
>     gpmi-nand:100m@0(boot),100m@...m(kernel),1g@...m(rootfs)
>     gpmi-nand:1g@...m(rootfs),100m@0(boot),100m@...m(kernel)
> 
> If we mix these two types, such as:
>      gpmi-nand:100m@0(boot),100m(kernel),1g@...m(rootfs)
>      gpmi-nand:1g@...m(rootfs),100m@0(boot),100m(kernel)
> 
> It's hard to understand the cmdline. And also it is hard to sort the
> partitions in this mixed type. So we explicitly forbid the mixed type.

So "explicitly forbid" is just to add a "do not do this" comment?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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