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| author | Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@collins.com> | 2022-11-03 09:12:17 -0500 |
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| committer | David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at> | 2022-11-07 08:28:49 +0100 |
| commit | 4a84311e4706da5823e20db107809a334708e171 (patch) | |
| tree | 8db1ab814fad46da8541e7168f4fb332c414a3d4 | |
| parent | 5ed8f1b0b72b22754e3025f9c74b37feac6fd720 (diff) | |
misc-utils: mtdpart: document partition of size 0
If the partition size passed in to the BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION ioctl is 0,
Linux will make the partition fill to the end of the device[1]. Document
this feature in the help.
[1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.0.6/source/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c#L254
Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@collins.com>
Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/mtdpart.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/mtdpart.c b/misc-utils/mtdpart.c index ba35d87..c8cd79b 100644 --- a/misc-utils/mtdpart.c +++ b/misc-utils/mtdpart.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void display_help(int status) " -V, --version Output version information and exit\n" "\n" "START location and SIZE of the partition are in bytes. They should align on\n" -"eraseblock size.\n", +"eraseblock size. If SIZE is 0 the partition will go to end of MTD device.\n", PROGRAM_NAME ); exit(status); |