libmtd: Add function to get MTD info by device name

This is a convenience function for end users. In some situations it's
easier to reference MTD device's by their name then by MTD number, as
the name may be more reliable if device partitioning is dynamic or for
porting between systems.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@collins.com>
Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libmtd_legacy.c b/lib/libmtd_legacy.c
index 4eb4a70..e0ecf49 100644
--- a/lib/libmtd_legacy.c
+++ b/lib/libmtd_legacy.c
@@ -428,3 +428,41 @@ int legacy_get_dev_info1(int mtd_num, struct mtd_dev_info *mtd)
 	sprintf(node, MTD_DEV_PATT, mtd_num);
 	return legacy_get_dev_info(node, mtd);
 }
+
+/**
+ * legacy_get_dev_info2 - legacy version of `mtd_get_dev_info2()`
+ * @name: name of the MTD device
+ * @mtd: the MTD device information is returned here
+ *
+ * This function is similar to 'mtd_get_dev_info2()' and has the same
+ * conventions.
+ */
+int legacy_get_dev_info2(const char *name, struct mtd_dev_info *mtd)
+{
+	struct proc_parse_info pi;
+	int ret, mtd_num = -1;
+
+	ret = proc_parse_start(&pi);
+	if (ret)
+		return -1;
+
+	while (proc_parse_next(&pi)) {
+		if (!strcmp(name, pi.name)) {
+			// Device name collision
+			if (mtd_num >= 0) {
+				errmsg("Multiple MTD's found matching name %s", name);
+				errno = ENODEV;
+				return -1;
+			}
+
+			mtd_num = pi.mtd_num;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (mtd_num < 0) {
+		errno = ENODEV;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return legacy_get_dev_info1(mtd_num, mtd);
+}