Patch for RedBoot Partition Table Parsing

[LOH Chee Tim]

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 5:15PM, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > Also included are minor updates to:
> > 1. include nullname only if it is used
> > 2. add an option for selecting whether unallocated flash space is to be
> > included
>
> OK. I'd be a lot happier if we had already fixed up the partitioning and
> could get at a 'whole-device' MTD device reliably, but it does make
> sense.

Can you please elaborate more on the issue so that I can try to help?

> > 4. force read-only for RedBoot, RedBoot Config and FIS directory images
>
> I don't like this very much. I habitually update RedBoot from Linux. I
> have occasionally been known to change the config and FIS directory too.
>
> Perhaps we could make it optional too?
>
> Please update the Kconfig file to match what you've changed in
> Config.in.

Please find attached the new patch against mtd-snapshot-20040323 that makes
forcing read-only of RedBoot system images optional and the updated Kconfig
file to match the changes to Config.in.


Regards,
Chee Tim
Senior Engineer, Product Development
InnoMedia Pte Ltd
DID: +65 65869142
Tel: +65 68720828 ext 142
Fax: +65 68724006
http://www.innomedia.com
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