Re: [RFC PATCH 3/7] doc: dt: mtd: partition: add on-flash format binding

[David Gibson]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 11:03:48AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 7:00 AM, David Gibson
> <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> If the only property needed is the partition table offset, it can be encoded
> >> in the unit-address, and the "reg" property:
> >>
> >>         partitions {
> >>
> >>                 partition-table@xxxx {
> >>                         reg = <0xxxx ...>;
> >>                         ...
> >>                 };
> >>
> >>                 ...
> >>         };
> >
> > Urgh.. and that's abusing the unit address.
> 
> Why? The partition is part of the FLASH. In this respect, it doesn't differ
> from other hardcoded partitions using the same DT syntax.
> It would just have a compatible value indicating it's a partition
> table.

Ah.. yes, fair enough.  I'd forgotten that the encoding of explicit
partitions in the device tree already established the address space
here as being the flash blocks.  So, no, it's not an abuse of unit
address.

Doesn't help for partition table types which require scanning the
device, of course.

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