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authorRafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>2022-11-07 19:24:48 +0100
committerRafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>2022-11-08 09:12:16 +0100
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kernel: backport support for "linux,rootfs" in DT
This DT property allows marking flash partition that Linux should use as a root device. It's useful for devices that don't use U-Boot and cmdline parser for partitioning. It may be used with "fixed-partitions" or some dynamic partitioning based on flash content. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
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+From: =?UTF-8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Mi=C5=82ecki?= <rafal@milecki.pl>
+Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 23:48:24 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] mtd: support OpenWrt's MTD_ROOTFS_ROOT_DEV
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+This allows setting ROOT_DEV to MTD partition named "rootfs".
+
+Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
+---
+
+--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+@@ -759,7 +759,8 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+
+ mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
+
+- if (of_find_property(mtd_get_of_node(mtd), "linux,rootfs", NULL)) {
++ if (of_find_property(mtd_get_of_node(mtd), "linux,rootfs", NULL) ||
++ (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_ROOTFS_ROOT_DEV) && !strcmp(mtd->name, "rootfs") && ROOT_DEV == 0)) {
+ if (IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_MTD)) {
+ pr_info("mtd: setting mtd%d (%s) as root device\n", mtd->index, mtd->name);
+ ROOT_DEV = MKDEV(MTD_BLOCK_MAJOR, mtd->index);