[U-Boot] [U-Boot-DM] [PATCH 01/11] DM: add block device core

Vikram Narayanan vikram186 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 22:49:00 CEST 2012


On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Pavel Herrmann <morpheus.ibis at gmail.com> wrote:
> This core will register all block devices (disk, cards, partitons) and provide
> unfied access to them, instead of current method with device + partition offset
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Herrmann <morpheus.ibis at gmail.com>
> ---
>  Makefile                  |   1 +
>  drivers/blockdev/Makefile |  42 ++++++++++++++++
>  include/dm/blockdev.h     | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 164 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/blockdev/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 include/dm/blockdev.h
>
<snip>
> +struct blockdev_ops {
> +       lbaint_t        (*read)(struct instance *inst, lbaint_t start,
> +                               lbaint_t blkcnt, void *buffer);
> +       lbaint_t        (*write)(struct instance *inst, lbaint_t start,
> +                               lbaint_t blkcnt, void *buffer);
> +       lbaint_t        (*erase)(struct instance *inst, lbaint_t start,
> +                               lbaint_t blkcnt);

lbaint_t is little "cryptic". Any better name suggestions?

Regards,
Vikram


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