[PATCH] mtd: unify mtd partition/device registration

[Atsushi Nemoto]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:38:53 -0500, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> Rather than having every map/mtd driver doing the same sequence of
> registering partitions and/or devices, implement common parse_mtd().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c   |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/mtd/mtd.h |    3 +++
>  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

I like this idea.

> +int parse_mtd(struct mtd_info *mtd, const char **probe_types,
> +              struct mtd_partition *parts, int nr_parts)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
> +	const char *default_part_probe_types[] = {
> +		"cmdlinepart",
> +		"RedBoot",
> +		NULL
> +	};

But I'm not sure this default_part_probe_types is appropriate.

How about enclose each parser with #ifdefs?

	const char *default_part_probe_types[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
		"cmdlinepart",
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
		"RedBoot",
#endif
		NULL
	};

This get rid of "RedBoot partition parsing not available" noise in
boot message when you use default_part_probe_types without
MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS.

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Atsushi Nemoto