Removing CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 10:56 +0100, Jamie Iles wrote:
> I've had a quick look at removing CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS so that MTD 
> partitioning is always enabled and the patch below is what I have so 
> far.

Thanks!

> At the moment this just always builds in partitioning support and 
> introduces mtd_device_{,un}register() (I'm not sure if these are the 
> best names).  These effectively replace 
> add_mtd_device()/add_mtd_partitions() and their deletion counterparts 
> and will register partitions if supplied, or the whole device if there 
> are no partitions.  I've also converted over a couple of mtd drivers, 
> and will do them all if this is the correct approach.
> 
> I've left CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS as a bool with no description to keep 
> the series bisectable - the final patch would remove it completely and 
> make add_mtd_device and add_mtd_partitions internal only symbols.  Does 
> this seem like a reasonable strategy?

Looks like. Could you please split this patch on a series of small and
easily reviewable patches?

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)