linux/Documentation/block
Cai Zhiyong bab55417b1 block: support embedded device command line partition
Read block device partition table from command line.  The partition used
for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device.  It is no MBR, save
storage space.  Bootloader can be easily accessed by absolute address of
data on the block device.  Users can easily change the partition.

This code reference MTD partition, source "drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c"
About the partition verbose reference
"Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt"

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk text]
[yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn: fix error return code in parse_parts()]
Signed-off-by: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: "Wanglin (Albert)" <albert.wanglin@huawei.com>
Cc: Marius Groeger <mag@sysgo.de>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-09-11 15:56:57 -07:00
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00-INDEX Documentation: update missing index files in block/00-INDEX 2012-08-09 15:27:28 +02:00
biodoc.txt block: Kill bi_destructor 2012-09-09 10:35:39 +02:00
capability.txt genhd: expose AN to user space 2007-05-23 20:14:11 -07:00
cfq-iosched.txt doc: Fix typo in doucmentations 2013-07-25 12:34:15 +02:00
cmdline-partition.txt block: support embedded device command line partition 2013-09-11 15:56:57 -07:00
data-integrity.txt Trivial typo fixes in Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt. 2009-07-01 10:56:25 +02:00
deadline-iosched.txt trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
ioprio.txt Update Jens Axboe's email in Documentation/* 2007-10-16 09:59:55 +02:00
queue-sysfs.txt doc: fix misspellings with 'codespell' tool 2013-05-28 12:02:12 +02:00
request.txt Update Jens Axboe's email in Documentation/* 2007-10-16 09:59:55 +02:00
stat.txt
switching-sched.txt Documentation: drop as block elevator reference in switching-sched.txt 2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
writeback_cache_control.txt block: update documentation for REQ_FLUSH / REQ_FUA 2010-09-10 12:35:37 +02:00