[PATCH 1/2] ubi: mount partitions specified in device tree

Richard Weinberger richard at nod.at
Sat Jun 18 12:30:23 PDT 2016


Am 18.06.2016 um 21:17 schrieb Hauke Mehrtens:
> This makes it possible to open a ubi layer in device tree, this is
> helpful when the rootfs is on a ubi layer. It loops though all mtd
> partitions and mounts the partition which is compatible with
> "ubi,volume". The same was only possible with kernel command line
> arguments before.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ubi.txt | 33 ++++++++++++++
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c                       | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ubi.txt

Some time ago I thought about an UBI DT binding too, but
I have been told that device tree is only for describing the hardware
and nothing else.
So I fear this will be rejected by DT folks.

Thanks,
//richard




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