[PATCH v2 0/9] blk: blkmap: Composable virtual block devices

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:33:46 +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:

> Block maps are a way of looking at various sources of data through the
> lens of a regular block device. It lets you treat devices that are not
> block devices, like RAM, as if they were. It also lets you export a
> slice of an existing block device, which does not have to correspond to
> a partition boundary, as a new block device.
> 
> This is primarily useful because U-Boot's filesystem drivers only
> operate on block devices, so a block map lets you access filesystems
> wherever they might be located.
> 
> [...]

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!

-- 
Tom