linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] mtd: handle partitioning on devices with 0 erasesize

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Message-ID: <20170613170131.GQ102137@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:01:31 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        andrew@...n.ch, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] mtd: handle partitioning on devices with 0 erasesize

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 08:00:42AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Fri,  9 Jun 2017 15:58:31 +1200
> Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> > erasesize is meaningful for flash devices but for SRAM there is no
> > concept of an erase block so erasesize is set to 0. When partitioning
> > these devices instead of ensuring partitions fall on erasesize
> > boundaries we ensure they fall on writesize boundaries.
> > 
> > Helped-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
> 
> Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

Thanks. Applied to l2-mtd.git