[PATCH 1/3] mtd: cmdlinepart: make the partitions rule more strict

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 13:21 -0400, Huang Shijie wrote:
> There are typically two types to set the mtd partitions:
> 
> <1> set with the `size`, such as
>     gpmi-nand:100m(boot),100m(kernel),1g(rootfs)
> 
> <2> set with the `offset`, such as
>     gpmi-nand:100m at 0(boot),100m at 100m(kernel),1g at 200m(rootfs)
>     gpmi-nand:1g at 200m(rootfs),100m at 0(boot),100m at 100m(kernel)
> 
> If we mix these two types, such as:
>      gpmi-nand:100m at 0(boot),100m(kernel),1g at 200m(rootfs)
>      gpmi-nand:1g at 200m(rootfs),100m at 0(boot),100m(kernel)
> 
> It's hard to understand the cmdline. And also it is hard to sort the
> partitions in this mixed type. So we explicitly forbid the mixed type.

So "explicitly forbid" is just to add a "do not do this" comment?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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