[PATCH v2] mtd: Fix physmap_of to not exit upon unsuccessful partition scan
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at sunsite.dk
Thu Feb 14 09:14:49 EST 2008
>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> writes:
Stefan> The patch 9a310d21196f38f6ad0ad146057548653e495c09 ("[MTD]
Stefan> Factor out OF partition support from the NOR driver.")
Stefan> introduced an problem. Now the physmap_of driver returns with
Stefan> error upon the first unsuccessful partition scan
Stefan> (parse_mtd_partitions()). This is not wanted, since even when
Stefan> the RedBoot/cmdlinepart partition scan is unsuccessful, the
Stefan> other scan's (of_mtd_parse_partitions(),
Stefan> parse_obsolete_partitions()) should be done nevertheless.
Doesn't it make more sense to fix the real problem (E.G. cmdlinepart.c
flagging missing partition info as an error) - See the patch I posted
earlier today.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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