Re: [PATCH 0/5] Extends block2mtd and ubi drivers

[Richard Weinberger]

Pali,

Am 02.06.2017 um 17:43 schrieb Pali RohÃr:
> This patch series extends block2mtd and ubi drivers to better handle
> read-only devices and allow to load UBI image from local file which was
> created for nand device.
> 
> Tested for Nokia N900 with Maemo 5 rootfs ubifs image
> (rootfs_RX-51_2009SE_21.2011.38-1_PR_MR0) which has erase size 128k,
> write size 2k and nand subpage shift 2.

What is the use case behind this series?

Did you see my nandsim rework some time ago?
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2016-September/069422.html
If you need a way to load files/nanddumps as NAND devices, this should be a good
starting point.
This reminds me that I need to revive that series. :-)

> $ losetup -r /dev/loop0 rootfs_RX-51_2009SE_21.2011.38-1_PR_MR0.ubifs
> $ echo -n /dev/loop0,131072,2048,2 > /sys/module/block2mtd/parameters/block2mtd
> $ ubiattach -p /dev/mtd0
> $ mount /dev/ubi0_0 /mnt/ubi -t ubifs
> ...
> $ umount /dev/ubi0_0
> $ ubidetach -p /dev/mtd0
> $ echo -n del=/dev/loop0 > /sys/module/block2mtd/parameters/block2mtd
> $ losetup -d /dev/loop0

The module-parameter interface is odd. IMHO we should not extend it.

Thanks,
//richard