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X-BeenThere: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org 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 Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 6:08 PM Mauro Condarelli wrote: > Is it possible to retrieve (or re-create) the master device in an older > kernel (3.18)? > It does not have MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER config option. You can backport the feature, it should be hard. > I know it won't be able to del/add partitions, but being able to write > to the whole, > unpartitioned device would be *very* useful nonetheless. MTD partitions are allowed to be overlapping. So you can create a partition schema which contains one part over all others. -- Thanks, //richard ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/