[RFC] do_mounts: Allow mtd names for non-flash block filesystems

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 23:02 +0200, Karl Beldan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been using this tweak for some time now, and I am getting tired of 
> having to resort to it so often.
> It allows to pass such cmdline root as: 
>  "root=mtdb:ubivolx rootfstype=squashfs"
> I am pretty sure many people use squashfs/cramfs filesystems on top of nand, 
> for example, and I thought that this might initiate discussion.
> 
> -- 
> Karl
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karl Beldan <karl.beldan at gmail.com>
> ---
>  init/do_mounts.c |   15 +++++++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Dunno... 

First of all, if you have to do this, let it be mtdblock, not mtdb - no
need to breed aliases.

But how about teaching squashfs to understand mtdX and mtd:name syntax
instead?

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)