[U-Boot] [PATCH] ubifs: Allow ubifsmount volume reference by number

[Vikram Narayanan]

On 11/2/2012 8:24 AM, Joe Hershberger wrote:
> UBI can mount volumes by name or number  The current code forces you
> to name the volume by prepending every name with "ubi:".
>
>  From fs/ubifs/super.c
>   * There are several ways to specify UBI volumes when mounting UBIFS:
>   * o ubiX_Y    - UBI device number X, volume Y;
>   * o ubiY      - UBI device number 0, volume Y;
>   * o ubiX:NAME - mount UBI device X, volume with name NAME;
>   * o ubi:NAME  - mount UBI device 0, volume with name NAME.
>
> Now any name passed in any of the above forms are allowed.

What exactly are we gaining from this naming compared to the default?
In what way the old naming affects the end user?

Regards,
Vikram