@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static struct mtd_info *obsolete_probe(struct platform_device *dev,
}
}
-/* When partitions are set we look for a linux,part-probe property which
+/* When partitions are set we look for a partition-type property which
specifies the list of partition probers to use. If none is given then the
default is use. These take precedence over other device tree
information. */
@@ -150,9 +150,25 @@ static const char * const *of_get_probes(struct device_node *dp)
int cplen;
int ret;
+ /*
+ * The proper device tree bindings take precedence.
+ */
+ ret = of_property_read_string(dp, "partition-type", &cp);
+ if (!ret) {
+ pr_info("check for partition type \"%s\"\n", cp);
+ if (!strcmp(cp, "arm,arm-flash-structure"))
+ return string_to_array("afs", 1);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Else look for the deprecated binding, or fall back to
+ * defaults.
+ */
cp = of_get_property(dp, "linux,part-probe", &cplen);
if (cp == NULL)
return part_probe_types_def;
+ pr_info("DT is using the deprecated \"linux,part-probe\" binding\n");
+ pr_info("please move to the standard \"partition-type\" binding\n");
return string_to_array(cp, cplen);
}
We defined a new device tree binding for partitions, and if they are found these need to be translated into a string array of Linux partitions. Reuse the string-to-array split function and support "arm,arm-flash-structure" by splitting "afs" into {"afs", NULL} and passing that along. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> --- drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 2.4.3 ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/