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Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support

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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:44:37AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Brian Norris
> <computersforpeace@gmail.com> wrote:
> > IOW, I wouldn't expect MBR or GPT to work well on large raw NAND flash,
> > and so I don't plan to do that sort of work myself. If you can provide
> > some better argument for it, and some nice maintainable code to go with
> > it, then of course it could be considered :)
> 
> There's also NOR FLASH (e.g. SPI-NOR), which is what most boards I'm
> working on have.

OK. But these flash are often used for the boot firmware, no? And then,
does the boot code have to be provided at one end of the flash (e.g.,
bottom)? If so, then something like MBR or GPT will likely not apply,
since they reserve the first (and sometimes last) blocks of the medium.

Brian
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[RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2015-12-05 06:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 4/7] mtd: add of_match_mtd_parser() and of_mtd_match_mtd_parser() helpers Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2015-12-05 06:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] mtd: add of_match_mtd_parser() and  of_mtd_match_mtd_parser() helpers Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> - 2015-12-07 03:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] mtd: add of_match_mtd_parser() and  of_mtd_match_mtd_parser() helpers Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 19:20 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] mtd: add of_match_mtd_parser() and  of_mtd_match_mtd_parser() helpers Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> - 2015-12-07 20:10 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 5/7] mtd: partitions: factor out "match by name" handling Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2015-12-05 06:30 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-12-05 11:20 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Michal Suchanek <hramrach@gmail.com> - 2015-12-05 19:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 22:00 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-12-11 09:50 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Michal Suchanek <hramrach@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 16:40 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-12-11 17:10 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Michal Suchanek <hramrach@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 17:20 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 02:40 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-12-14 11:20 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Jonas Gorski <jogo@openwrt.org> - 2015-12-05 12:40 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 22:10 +0100

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