[PATCH] UBI: Do not try to autoresize in readonly mode

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 17:48 +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > BTW, is there userspace tool for unpacking data from ubifs
> > > image without need to simulate nand device in kernel?
> > 
> > Unfortunately no.
> 
> Ok. I have patch for block2mtd.ko which allows me to mount ubifs 
> image in way: losetup --> block2mtd --> ubiattach --> mount 
> without nandsim. I needed to patch block2mtd, because ubi code 
> needs correct erase size, write size nand subpage shift and full 
> image size. So I added params for these properties in block2mtd 
> code - and it working. But I do not know if this is correct way, 
> but I can send my patch.

Why do you need to use block2mtd? If you have an image for NOR flash,
use mtdram, if it is for NAND - use nandsim. What prevents you from
using mtdram or nandsim?


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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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