[PATCH] mtd: Expose partition offset to the drivers

[Richard Weinberger]

Hi!

Am 02.02.2015 um 20:33 schrieb Ricardo Ribalda Delgado:
> Hello
> 
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Richard Weinberger
> <richard.weinberger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
>>
>> Can you please also send a patch which shows the usage of this new function
>> by a driver?
> 
> It is currently out of tree, but here you can see the relevant code:
> 
> mtd_offset=mtd_get_device_offset(mtd);
> put_mtd_device(mtd);
> if (do_jmp){
>     ret=qt5023_hwicap_reset(head,mtd_offset);
>     if (ret){
>         dev_err(&head->pci_dev->dev,"error: Failed to jump to new bitfile\n");
>         vfree(buffer);
>         release_firmware(firmware);
>         return -EIO;
>     }
>     qt5023_spi_restart(head);
> }

Hmm, will we ever need the new function for in-tree drivers?
In general we add new functions only if they have an in-tree user
for it.

Thanks,
//richard