From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1QqVek-00012B-Uj for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:38:35 +0000 From: "Brian Norris" To: "Artem Bityutskiy" Subject: [PATCH 7/9] faq: ubi(fs): sending bug reports using `mtdinfo' Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:37:17 -0700 Message-ID: <1312832239-21759-8-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1312832239-21759-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> References: <1312832239-21759-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: brian.foster@maxim-ic.com, Brian Norris , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , The `mtdinfo' utility (with the `-a' flag) is much more informative than `cat /proc/mtd', so encourage users to use it if possible when sending bug reports. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris --- faq/ubi.xml | 4 ++-- faq/ubifs.xml | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/faq/ubi.xml b/faq/ubi.xml index 2d9ce6e..e9e6625 100644 --- a/faq/ubi.xml +++ b/faq/ubi.xml @@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ quicker than the first method.

  • provide UBI configuration from you your .config file, or just attach whole file;
    • -
  • describe your flash device, attach the - "cat /proc/mtd" output;
    • +
  • describe your flash device, attach the "mtdinfo -a" + output (or the less useful "cat /proc/mtd" output);
  • specify which kernel version you are using; if your kernel is not the latest one, please, explicitly tell whether you updated UBI by diff --git a/faq/ubifs.xml b/faq/ubifs.xml index 14043f5..2969bad 100644 --- a/faq/ubifs.xml +++ b/faq/ubifs.xml @@ -1485,8 +1485,8 @@ all checks: "echo 127 > /sys/module/ubifs/parameters/debug_chks".provide UBIi and UBIFS configuration from you your .config file, or just attach whole file;
    • -
  • describe your flash device, attach the - "cat /proc/mtd" output;
    • +
  • describe your flash device, attach the "mtdinfo -a" + output (or the less useful "cat /proc/mtd" output);
  • specify which kernel version you are using; if your kernel is not the latest one, please, explicitly tell whether you updated UBIFS by -- 1.7.0.4