[PATCH V3 1/2] dt-bindings: mtd: partitions: add TP-Link SafeLoader layout

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Tue Oct 18 02:56:05 PDT 2022


On Sat, 2022-10-15 at 09:29:49 UTC, =?utf-8?b?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> 
> Most TP-Link home routers use the same partitioning system based on a
> custom ASCII table.
> 
> It doesn't seem to have any official name. GPL sources contain tool
> named simply "make_flash" and Makefile target "FlashMaker".
> 
> This partitions table format was first found in devices with a custom
> SafeLoader bootloader so it was called SafeLoader by a community. Later
> it was ported to other bootloaders but it seems the name sticked.
> 
> Add binding for describing flashes with SafeLoader partitions table. It
> allows operating systems to parse it properly and register proper flash
> layout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git mtd/next, thanks.

Miquel



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