From 4a84311e4706da5823e20db107809a334708e171 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Maier Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 09:12:17 -0500 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer --- misc-utils/mtdpart.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'misc-utils') 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); -- cgit v1.2.3