[PATCH v2 7/9] faq: ubi(fs): sending bug reports using `mtdinfo'

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 18:03:54 EDT 2011


The `mtdinfo' utility (with the `-a' flag) is much more informative
than `cat /proc/mtd', so encourage users to use it if possible when
sending bug reports.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
---
v2: use &nbsp; within <code> tags to prevent linebreaks

 faq/ubi.xml   |    4 ++--
 faq/ubifs.xml |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/faq/ubi.xml b/faq/ubi.xml
index 2d9ce6e..9458e77 100644
--- a/faq/ubi.xml
+++ b/faq/ubi.xml
@@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ quicker than the first method.</p>
 	<li>provide UBI configuration from you your <code>.config</code>
 	file, or just attach whole file;</li>
 
-	<li>describe your flash device, attach the
-	"<code>cat /proc/mtd</code>" output;</li>
+	<li>describe your flash device, attach the "<code>mtdinfo&amp;nbsp;-a</code>"
+	output (or the less useful "<code>cat&amp;nbsp;/proc/mtd</code>" output);</li>
 
 	<li>specify which kernel version you are using; if your kernel is not
 	the latest one, please, explicitly tell whether you updated UBI by
diff --git a/faq/ubifs.xml b/faq/ubifs.xml
index 14043f5..dbfac0e 100644
--- a/faq/ubifs.xml
+++ b/faq/ubifs.xml
@@ -1485,8 +1485,8 @@ all checks: "<code>echo 127 > /sys/module/ubifs/parameters/debug_chks</code>".</
 	<li>provide UBIi and UBIFS configuration from you your
 	<code>.config</code> file, or just attach whole file;</li>
 
-	<li>describe your flash device, attach the
-	"<code>cat /proc/mtd</code>" output;</li>
+	<li>describe your flash device, attach the "<code>mtdinfo&amp;nbsp;-a</code>"
+	output (or the less useful "<code>cat&amp;nbsp;/proc/mtd</code>" output);</li>
 
 	<li>specify which kernel version you are using; if your kernel is not
 	the latest one, please, explicitly tell whether you updated UBIFS by
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1.7.0.4





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