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authorBrandon Maier <brandon.maier@collins.com>2022-12-12 12:01:58 -0600
committerDavid Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>2023-05-30 11:12:12 +0200
commit730148bc94411f13a0171204e872b0760fbde185 (patch)
tree8b07dd5ef274c0e4e36944f4ef6929399a77e56f /misc-utils/flash_erase.c
parenta527b22f0a30d66d4674624d16f4bb0ffe2e94d0 (diff)
mtd-utils: Add new syntax to get devices by name
This introduces a new feature to the MTD command line utilities that allows MTD devices to be referenced by name instead of device node. For example this looks like: > # Display info for the MTD device with name "data" > mtdinfo mtd:data > # Copy file to MTD device with name "data" > flashcp /my/file mtd:data This follows the syntax supported by the kernel which allows MTD device's to be mounted by name[1]. Add the function mtd_find_dev_node() that accepts an MTD "identifier" and returns the MTD's device node. The function accepts a string starting with "mtd:" which it treats as the MTD's name. It then attempts to search for the MTD, and if found maps it back to the /dev/mtdX device node. If the string does not start with "mtd:", then assume it's the old style and refers directly to a MTD device node. The function is then hooked into existing tools like flashcp, mtdinfo, flash_unlock, etc. To load in the new MTD parsing code in a consistent way across programs. [1] http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/jffs2.html#L_mtdblock Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@collins.com> Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/flash_erase.c')
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/flash_erase.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/flash_erase.c b/misc-utils/flash_erase.c
index 49a880f..000f94a 100644
--- a/misc-utils/flash_erase.c
+++ b/misc-utils/flash_erase.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ static void display_help (void)
" --silent same as --quiet\n"
" --help display this help and exit\n"
" --version output version information and exit\n",
+ "\n"
+ " MTD_DEVICE MTD device node or 'mtd:<name>'\n"
PROGRAM_NAME);
}
@@ -169,7 +171,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
switch (argc - optind) {
case 3:
- mtd_device = argv[optind];
+ mtd_device = mtd_find_dev_node(argv[optind]);
+ if (!mtd_device)
+ return errmsg("Can't find MTD device %s", argv[optind]);
start = simple_strtoull(argv[optind + 1], &error);
eb_cnt = simple_strtoul(argv[optind + 2], &error);
break;