[PATCH] mtd: unify mtd partition/device registration

[Atsushi Nemoto]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:43:50 +0900 (JST), Atsushi Nemoto <anemo at mba.ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:38:53 -0500, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Rather than having every map/mtd driver doing the same sequence of
> > registering partitions and/or devices, implement common parse_mtd().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c   |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/mtd/mtd.h |    3 +++
> >  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> I like this idea.

Some drivers call both add_mtd_device() and add_mtd_partitions().  The
mtd_device is used to access whole flash area (like /dev/hda).  How do
you think of these usage patterns?

maps/edb7312.c
maps/mbx860.c
maps/plat-ram.c
nand/cafe_nand.c
nand/diskonchip.c
nand/ndfc.c

Automatic fallback to mtd_device in parse_mtd() is convenient but
somewhat unflexible...

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Atsushi Nemoto