[RESEND][PATCH V2] mtd: bcm47xxpart: detect block aligned Squashfs partition

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Tue Oct 22 15:07:41 PDT 2013


On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:34:37PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> Most of the bcm47xx devices use TRX format for storing kernel and some
> partition like Squashfs or JFFS2. This is pretty flexible solution, CFE
> (the bootloader) just writes (and later boots) TRX at some hardcoded
> place and paritions can vary in the size.
> 
> However some devices don't use TRX format. Very recently we have
> discovered ZTE H218N that has kernel and rootfs partitions at some
> "random" places.
> 
> This patch allows Linux find a rootfs partition after installing custom
> image with a CFE bootloader.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com>

Pushed to l2-mtd.git. Thanks!

Brian



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