[PATCH 2/2] ubinfo: fix `--all' for non-consecutive device numbers

[Brian Foster]

On Friday 27 January 2012 19:28:59 Brian Norris wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Brian Foster <brian.foster at maxim-ic.com> wrote:
> > [ ... ] looking at the mtd-utils v1.4.6 ‘mtdinfo.c’,
> >  is there a similar issue there?  But I have no idea
> >  how you could get non-consecutive MTD device numbers?
> 
> Yeah, there is a problem there. It's a little more difficult to see,
> but it can happen.
> 
> Suppose you have /dev/mtd0 on your system, then you can get an error
> with the following sequence:
> 
> # modprobe mtdram
> # modprobe nandsim
> # rmmod mtdram
> # mtdinfo --all
> ...
> mtdinfo: error!: mtd1 does not correspond to any existing MTD device

 Ah, Ok!  I had a similar thought over the weekend,
 and before seeing your e-mail tried to set-up the
 situation up on one of our SoC evaluation boards,
 using our H/W drivers.  But for some reason those
 drivers won't unload  — I should look into that —
 and then saw your e-mails ....

> I'm sending a quick patch set for this.

 Yeah, saw it, seemed Ok to me.  Thanks.

cheers!
	-blf-

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Brian Foster
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