Possible bug in /proc/mtd ?

Jörn Engel joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de
Thu Mar 7 13:25:06 EST 2002


Hi!

> Does anyone else get some sort of strange behavior if they run:
> 
> 	dd if=/proc/mtd of=/dev/tty bs=1
> 
> The strange behavior on my system is a hang; it may be an oops or
> panic of some sort on a system with a mmu.
>
> [...]
> 
> -        *start = page + (begin-off);
> +        *start = page + (off-begin);

Pretty obvious. You must be the first one to ever try that. :-)

David, is it ok, if I apply?

Jörn

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