[RFC PATCH v2 2/5] docs: block: Document support for read-only partition in cmdline part
Christian Marangi
ansuelsmth at gmail.com
Wed Sep 25 14:45:22 PDT 2024
Document support for read-only partition in cmdline partition for block
devices by appending "ro" after the (partition name).
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth at gmail.com>
---
Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
index 530bedff548a..526ba201dddc 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
+++ b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
@@ -39,13 +39,16 @@ blkdevparts=<blkdev-def>[;<blkdev-def>]
create a link to block device partition with the name "PARTNAME".
User space application can access partition by partition name.
+ro
+ read-only. Flag the partition as read-only.
+
Example:
eMMC disk names are "mmcblk0" and "mmcblk0boot0".
bootargs::
- 'blkdevparts=mmcblk0:1G(data0),1G(data1),-;mmcblk0boot0:1m(boot),-(kernel)'
+ 'blkdevparts=mmcblk0:1G(data0),1G(data1),-;mmcblk0boot0:1m(boot)ro,-(kernel)'
dmesg::
--
2.45.2
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