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[4/5] mtd_blkdevs: add option to enable scanning for partitions

Message ID YnAEhNszG0FjCzlr@makrotopia.org
State Superseded
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Series partition parser for U-Boot's uImage.FIT | expand

Commit Message

Daniel Golle May 2, 2022, 4:19 p.m. UTC 
Add Kconfig boolean CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK_PARTITIONS and enable block
partition parsers on non-NAND mtdblock devices in case it is selected.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
---
 drivers/mtd/Kconfig       | 11 +++++++++++
 drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 796a2eccbef0b8..12874dec15692a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@  config MTD_BLOCK_RO
 	  You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
 	  those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
 
+config MTD_BLOCK_PARTITIONS
+	bool "Scan for partitions on MTD block devices"
+	depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO
+	default y if FIT_PARTITION
+	help
+	  Scan MTD block devices for partitions (ie. MBR, GPT, uImage.FIT, ...).
+	  (NAND devices are omitted, ubiblock should be used instead when)
+
+	  Unless your MTD partitions contain sub-partitions mapped using a
+	  partition table, say no.
+
 comment "Note that in some cases UBI block is preferred. See MTD_UBI_BLOCK."
 	depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index f7317211146550..c67ce2e6fbeb0a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@  int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *new)
 	} else {
 		snprintf(gd->disk_name, sizeof(gd->disk_name),
 			 "%s%d", tr->name, new->devnum);
-		gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
+
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK_PARTITIONS) || mtd_type_is_nand(new->mtd))
+			gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
 	}
 
 	set_capacity(gd, ((u64)new->size * tr->blksize) >> 9);