[PATCH] mtdoops : don't erase flash at each boot

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 17:29 +0200, Matthieu CASTET wrote:
> If there is no oops stored (flash is erased), find_next_position will
> exit with maxcount == 0xffffffff and erase the first page.
> 
> Only erase it if mark_is_used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Castet <matthieu.castet at parrot@com>

The code of mtdoops is really hard to read. Could you please provide a
better commit message with better description about what you do:

1. what problem you fix exactly, and why is it a problem
2. how the code currently works
3. how you change it to make the problem go away

Thanks!

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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