linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: Introduce CONFIG_MTD_RESERVE

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Message-ID: <20150429214648.GF32500@ld-irv-0074>
Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:46:48 -0700
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Ben Shelton <ben.shelton@...com>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Westfahl <jeff.westfahl@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: Introduce CONFIG_MTD_RESERVE_END

> +	  This can be useful if, for example, the BBT is stored at the end
> +	  of the flash, and you don't want those blocks counted as part of
> +	  the last MTD partition.

And why is that a problem? We don't add Kconfig options just because you
"don't want" something.

Brian
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