[PATCH V3 1/2] dt-bindings: mtd: partitions: support marking rootfs partition
Rob Herring
robh at kernel.org
Wed Oct 26 12:41:20 PDT 2022
On Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:13:17 +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
>
> Linux needs to know what to use as root device. On embedded devices with
> flash the only common way to specify that is cmdline & root= parameter.
>
> That solution works with U-Boot which is Linux & cmdline aware but isn't
> available with all market bootloaders. Also that method is fragile:
> 1. Requires specific probing order on multi-flash devices
> 2. Uses hardcoded partitions indexes
>
> A lot of devices use different partitioning methods. It may be
> "fixed-partitions" or some dynamic partitioning (e.g. based on parts
> table). For such cases allow "linux,rootfs" property to mark correct
> flash partition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> ---
> V2: Use "linux,rootfs" as more accurate. Thanks Rob.
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml | 1 +
> .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/partition.yaml | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
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