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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:12:24 +0200
From: "Franck Bui-Huu" <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>
To: "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: How can I prevent MTD to access the end of a flash device ?
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2006/4/24, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>:
> MTD partitions aren't like block device partitions. You just get a set
> of MTD devices which are like a wrapper around the original.
>
> MTD concat is the same. You should be able to partition and concat and
> partition and concat on top of each other to your heart's content. If
> you so desire.
>

oh ok...should I simply use add_mtd_partitions(...) function to create
a new MTD device based on a given partition ?

> > Do you think it's possible to change the size of a mtd device rigth
> > after probing it ?
>
> Yes, that works too.
>

In your opinion, what is the right thing to do ?

thanks
--
               Franck