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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mtd/ofpart.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt index f1e2a02..1c63e40 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ used for what purposes, but which don't use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot. The partition table should be a subnode of the mtd node and should be named -'partitions'. Partitions are defined in subnodes of the partitions node. +'partitions'. This node should have the following property: +- compatible : (required) must be "fixed-partitions" +Partitions are then defined in subnodes of the partitions node. For backwards compatibility partitions as direct subnodes of the mtd device are supported. This use is discouraged. @@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ Examples: flash@0 { partitions { + compatible = "fixed-partitions"; #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <1>; @@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ flash@0 { flash@1 { partitions { + compatible = "fixed-partitions"; #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <2>; @@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ flash@1 { flash@2 { partitions { + compatible = "fixed-partitions"; #address-cells = <2>; #size-cells = <2>; diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c index 669c345..9ed6038 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c @@ -46,10 +46,18 @@ static int parse_ofpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, ofpart_node = of_get_child_by_name(mtd_node, "partitions"); if (!ofpart_node) { - pr_warn("%s: 'partitions' subnode not found on %s. Trying to parse direct subnodes as partitions.\n", - master->name, mtd_node->full_name); + /* + * We might get here even when ofpart isn't used at all (e.g., + * when using another parser), so don't be louder than + * KERN_DEBUG + */ + pr_debug("%s: 'partitions' subnode not found on %s. Trying to parse direct subnodes as partitions.\n", + master->name, mtd_node->full_name); ofpart_node = mtd_node; dedicated = false; + } else if (!of_device_is_compatible(ofpart_node, "fixed-partitions")) { + /* The 'partitions' subnode might be used by another parser */ + return 0; } /* First count the subnodes */ |
