[RFC PATCH 0/4] mtd: ubi: Enable accessing RO filesystems in UBI vols

[Heiko Schocher]

Hello Sam,

sorry for the late reply...

On 07.09.23 23:46, Sam Edwards wrote:
> Hi Heiko and Simon,
> 
> Thought I'd follow-up to keep this discussion going. The main thing I would like to decide first (as
> it lets me start relying on it in boot scripts) would be the UBI access syntax:
> 
> => ls ubi 0:rootfs /boot
> => ls ubi 0:2 /boot

Looks perfect for me.

> Do those look good? Should I be trying to mimic the accepted syntax of fs/ubifs/super.c:open_ubi()?
> Perhaps "ubi 0!rootfs" and/or "ubi 0_2"? Not using ':' leaves open the possibility for logical
> volumes (LVM2/UBI) to contain partitions - not that I expect anyone will want that. :)

Good question... You never know... so from my side, yes it would
be good to allow both options ... so "ubi 0:2" and "ubi 0_2",
something like if ":" is in use "ubi 0:2" else try "ubi 0_2"

Please rebase your patchset when 2023.10 is out, thanks!

bye,
Heiko
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