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authorRafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>2016-01-25 07:18:47 +0000
committerRafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>2016-01-25 07:18:47 +0000
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kernel: mtdsplit: document Seama splitter a bit
Rename kernel_size variable as it includes whole entity size, not just a kernel size. Also update comments to match it and describe better what are we checking/looking for. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> SVN-Revision: 48480
Diffstat (limited to 'target')
-rw-r--r--target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_seama.c18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_seama.c b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_seama.c
index 6f21f8fb58..4ff361c4f2 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_seama.c
+++ b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_seama.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int mtdsplit_parse_seama(struct mtd_info *master,
struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
{
struct seama_header hdr;
- size_t hdr_len, retlen, kernel_size;
+ size_t hdr_len, retlen, kernel_ent_size;
size_t rootfs_offset;
struct mtd_partition *parts;
int err;
@@ -50,18 +50,20 @@ static int mtdsplit_parse_seama(struct mtd_info *master,
if (be32_to_cpu(hdr.magic) != SEAMA_MAGIC)
return -EINVAL;
- kernel_size = hdr_len + be32_to_cpu(hdr.size) +
- be16_to_cpu(hdr.metasize);
- if (kernel_size > master->size)
+ kernel_ent_size = hdr_len + be32_to_cpu(hdr.size) +
+ be16_to_cpu(hdr.metasize);
+ if (kernel_ent_size > master->size)
return -EINVAL;
- /* Find the rootfs after the kernel. */
- err = mtd_check_rootfs_magic(master, kernel_size);
+ /* Check for the rootfs right after Seama entity with a kernel. */
+ err = mtd_check_rootfs_magic(master, kernel_ent_size);
if (!err) {
- rootfs_offset = kernel_size;
+ rootfs_offset = kernel_ent_size;
} else {
/*
- * The size in the header might cover the rootfs as well.
+ * On some devices firmware entity might contain both: kernel
+ * and rootfs. We can't determine kernel size so we just have to
+ * look for rootfs magic.
* Start the search from an arbitrary offset.
*/
err = mtd_find_rootfs_from(master, SEAMA_MIN_ROOTFS_OFFS,