kernel: split patches folder up into backport, pending and hack folders

* properly format/comment all patches
* merge debloat patches
* merge Kconfig patches
* merge swconfig patches
* merge hotplug patches
* drop 200-fix_localversion.patch - upstream
* drop 222-arm_zimage_none.patch - unused
* drop 252-mv_cesa_depends.patch - no longer required
* drop 410-mtd-move-forward-declaration-of-struct-mtd_info.patch - unused
* drop 661-fq_codel_keep_dropped_stats.patch - outdated
* drop 702-phy_add_aneg_done_function.patch - upstream
* drop 840-rtc7301.patch - unused
* drop 841-rtc_pt7c4338.patch - upstream
* drop 921-use_preinit_as_init.patch - unused
* drop spio-gpio-old and gpio-mmc - unused

Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>

1 files changed, 73 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-4.9/490-ubi-auto-attach-mtd-device-named-ubi-or-data-on-boot.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-4.9/490-ubi-auto-attach-mtd-device-named-ubi-or-data-on-boot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8dcad458f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-4.9/490-ubi-auto-attach-mtd-device-named-ubi-or-data-on-boot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+From: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+Subject: ubi: auto-attach mtd device named "ubi" or "data" on boot
+
+Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+---
+ drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+@@ -1212,6 +1212,49 @@ static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd
+ 	return mtd;
+ }
+ 
++/*
++ * This function tries attaching mtd partitions named either "ubi" or "data"
++ * during boot.
++ */
++static void __init ubi_auto_attach(void)
++{
++	int err;
++	struct mtd_info *mtd;
++
++	/* try attaching mtd device named "ubi" or "data" */
++	mtd = open_mtd_device("ubi");
++	if (IS_ERR(mtd))
++		mtd = open_mtd_device("data");
++
++	if (!IS_ERR(mtd)) {
++		size_t len;
++		char magic[4];
++
++		/* check for a valid ubi magic */
++		err = mtd_read(mtd, 0, 4, &len, (void *) magic);
++		if (!err && len == 4 && strncmp(magic, "UBI#", 4)) {
++			pr_err("UBI error: no valid UBI magic found inside mtd%d", mtd->index);
++			put_mtd_device(mtd);
++			return;
++		}
++
++		/* auto-add only media types where UBI makes sense */
++		if (mtd->type == MTD_NANDFLASH ||
++		    mtd->type == MTD_NORFLASH ||
++		    mtd->type == MTD_DATAFLASH ||
++		    mtd->type == MTD_MLCNANDFLASH) {
++			mutex_lock(&ubi_devices_mutex);
++			pr_notice("UBI: auto-attach mtd%d\n", mtd->index);
++			err = ubi_attach_mtd_dev(mtd, UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO, 0, 0);
++			mutex_unlock(&ubi_devices_mutex);
++			if (err < 0) {
++				pr_err("UBI error: cannot attach mtd%d", mtd->index);
++				put_mtd_device(mtd);
++			}
++		}
++	}
++}
++
+ static int __init ubi_init(void)
+ {
+ 	int err, i, k;
+@@ -1295,6 +1338,12 @@ static int __init ubi_init(void)
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
++	/* auto-attach mtd devices only if built-in to the kernel and no ubi.mtd
++	 * parameter was given */
++	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_ROOTFS_ROOT_DEV) &&
++	    !ubi_is_module() && !mtd_devs)
++		ubi_auto_attach();
++
+ 	err = ubiblock_init();
+ 	if (err) {
+ 		pr_err("UBI error: block: cannot initialize, error %d", err);