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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/mtd')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c index 525c5795d4f5..8d4a16661649 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c @@ -23,11 +23,22 @@ * mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef] * <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>] * where <mtd-id> is the name from the "cat /proc/mtd" command - * <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro][lk] + * <partdef> := <size>[@<offset>][<name>][ro][lk] * <mtd-id> := unique name used in mapping driver/device (mtd->name) * <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all remaining space + * size is automatically truncated at end of device + * if specified or trucated size is 0 the part is skipped + * <offset> := standard linux memsize + * if omitted the part will immediately follow the previous part + * or 0 if the first part * <name> := '(' NAME ')' * + * <size> and <offset> can be specified such that the parts are out of order + * in physical memory and may even overlap. + * + * The parts are assigned MTD numbers in the order they are specified in the + * command line regardless of their order in physical memory. + * * Examples: * * 1 NOR Flash, with 1 single writable partition: |