From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E539DC4332F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234756AbiKQG7z (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:59:55 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45840 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233270AbiKQG7w (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:59:52 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [IPv6:2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A1A06EB48; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:59:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=0D+NUr6m8qnDg7Lo00WOCHfY1jMSWPh16a0XI9PEktQ=; b=xraDXSZxxVomTDMpWD0CQRGdEZ jw6P4pa+QZsCNsV6Zddp3TUtLmQjTthzLlvjTllJY6NDRq6RC6zhaKRR/PTw4V1P7t+ZjadJaiin/ NYFFrNogiAMWw21+ha2XKtgks1c8jeq9MWwsAF5ZG3x7DPYT9WLnyU5Bamtxfcp3vthRn+nO59c+U PvnqUk8cChoj50Zx9C9phnmvwjgszcpyRXA8P1ZkF6nL/x08qfLxGm2YOUSdU1BZ7p0dw3copfzeQ F4TWM2Q/5hkfaW7a9tAnilhjLdKyHdT5mnMJnKv1nbqsITFmZp1TrSNoF+RvueKQllJCdvaH1ZneL fCTQZ5Sg==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1ovYs5-00B1Yn-PD; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:59:37 +0000 Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:59:37 -0800 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Richard Weinberger Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Daniel Golle , Jens Axboe , Miquel Raynal , Vignesh Raghavendra , Matthew Wilcox , "Martin K. Petersen" , Chaitanya Kulkarni , Michal Orzel , linux-block , linux-kernel , linux-mtd Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] partitions/efi: add support for uImage.FIT sub-partitions Message-ID: References: <7526fc5a461a0d68eb1dab575f9c1950638fc21a.1668548123.git.daniel@makrotopia.org> <271114315.250800.1668667808308.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <271114315.250800.1668667808308.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:50:08AM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > I think supporting these images in Linux is a worthwhile goal. I never argued against that. But it is not a fit for partitions. So write a proper stacked block driver or dm driver for it if you care enough. The format is a complete mess and should be isolated to not affect the rest of the kernel. 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Petersen" , Chaitanya Kulkarni , Michal Orzel , linux-block , linux-kernel , linux-mtd Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] partitions/efi: add support for uImage.FIT sub-partitions Message-ID: References: <7526fc5a461a0d68eb1dab575f9c1950638fc21a.1668548123.git.daniel@makrotopia.org> <271114315.250800.1668667808308.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <271114315.250800.1668667808308.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> X-BeenThere: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-mtd" Errors-To: linux-mtd-bounces+linux-mtd=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:50:08AM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > I think supporting these images in Linux is a worthwhile goal. I never argued against that. But it is not a fit for partitions. So write a proper stacked block driver or dm driver for it if you care enough. The format is a complete mess and should be isolated to not affect the rest of the kernel. ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/