[PATCH 1/2] mtd: print out the partition's read-only flag
Brian Norris
computersforpeace at gmail.com
Tue May 20 01:53:09 PDT 2014
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:53:29AM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
> We may set a partition to be read only with DT property or kernel cmdline,
> such as the kernel cmdline:
> mtdparts=50000000.nor:2m(boot)ro,2m(dtb),5m(kernel),-(test)
>
> This patch prints out the partition's read-only flag in the boot precedure,
> which makes us more clear about the read-only partition.
>
> Before this patch, the partitions show like this:
> 0x000000000000-0x000000200000 : "boot"
> 0x000000200000-0x000000400000 : "dtb"
> 0x000000400000-0x000000900000 : "kernel"
> 0x000000900000-0x000002000000 : "test"
>
> After this patch, the partitions show like this:
>
> 0x000000000000-0x000000200000 : "boot" (Read-Only)
> 0x000000200000-0x000000400000 : "dtb"
> 0x000000400000-0x000000900000 : "kernel"
> 0x000000900000-0x000002000000 : "test"
>
> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <b32955 at freescale.com>
Nak to both. /proc/mtd shouldn't really be changing formats like this.
Brian
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