On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 01:53:53 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Mon 2015-12-14 13:20:28, Marek Vasut wrote: > > On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 12:51:16 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > On Mon 2015-12-14 12:31:32, Marek Vasut wrote: > > > > On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 12:26:39 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > On Mon 2015-12-14 12:09:08, Marek Vasut wrote: > > > > > > On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 08:54:38 AM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > > > (Please, trim your emails when replying) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mtdparts=1m(u-boot),256k(env1),256k(env2),14848k(boot),112m(r > > > > > > > > oot) ,-@1 536k (UBI) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This will create overlapping partitions "boot,root" and "UBI" > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just because you can does not mean that you should. This looks > > > > > > > like a nasty trap for a user. > > > > > > > > > > > > Please explain in detail why do you think so. > > > > > > > > > > Please make a 200 page study of human psychology explaining that > > > > > noone would ever be confused by two overlapping partitions :-). > > > > > > > > Add a comment explaining the situation and reasoning behind that, > > > > problem solved. > > > > > > We do partitions so that people don't overwrite data by > > > mistake. Having overlapping partitions kind of defeats the purpose. > > > > I'd expect that in case you are fiddling with MTD on a bootloader level, > > you have at least a vague idea of what you are doing. > > Yes, but people should not have to expect we prepare traps for them.
I sense the overlapping partitions are a matter of taste here. > > > Just because trap is documented does not mean that it is not > > > nasty. 199.95 pages to go. > > > > Do you have a better idea how to satisfy both sets of people, ones which > > want kernel on a separate partition and ones which want to use single > > UBI volume then ? > > If you expect people to read a comments explaining a situation, you > can easily add an explanation and (commented out) alternative > configutation that can be used. I do not want to maintain multiple configurations, especially is there is known working alternative which covers all the usecases. Best regards, Marek Vasut _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
