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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>2018-05-06 11:50:29 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-05-08 09:18:53 -0600
commitf6dbf65b6558e9587570cb5b8345b967175285b5 (patch)
tree2a50d3b207b6aa8626715b36add5e8bb22f311df /Documentation
parentf318a44e15c16307b3f95751b674cb5d63789eb6 (diff)
Documentation: block: cmdline-partition.txt fixes and additions
Make the description of the kernel command line option "blkdevparts" a bit more flowing and readable. Fix a few typos. Add the optional <size> and <offset> suffixes. Note that size can be "-" to indicate all of the remaining space. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
index 525b9f6d7fb4..760a3f7c3ed4 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
Embedded device command line partition parsing
=====================================================================
-Support for reading the block device partition table from the command line.
+The "blkdevparts" command line option adds support for reading the
+block device partition table from the kernel command line.
+
It is typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices.
It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
by absolute address of data on the block device.
@@ -14,22 +16,27 @@ blkdevparts=<blkdev-def>[;<blkdev-def>]
<partdef> := <size>[@<offset>](part-name)
<blkdev-id>
- block device disk name, embedded device used fixed block device,
- it's disk name also fixed. such as: mmcblk0, mmcblk1, mmcblk0boot0.
+ block device disk name. Embedded device uses fixed block device.
+ Its disk name is also fixed, such as: mmcblk0, mmcblk1, mmcblk0boot0.
<size>
partition size, in bytes, such as: 512, 1m, 1G.
+ size may contain an optional suffix of (upper or lower case):
+ K, M, G, T, P, E.
+ "-" is used to denote all remaining space.
<offset>
partition start address, in bytes.
+ offset may contain an optional suffix of (upper or lower case):
+ K, M, G, T, P, E.
(part-name)
- partition name, kernel send uevent with "PARTNAME". application can create
- a link to block device partition with the name "PARTNAME".
- user space application can access partition by partition name.
+ partition name. Kernel sends uevent with "PARTNAME". Application can
+ create a link to block device partition with the name "PARTNAME".
+ User space application can access partition by partition name.
Example:
- eMMC disk name is "mmcblk0" and "mmcblk0boot0"
+ eMMC disk names are "mmcblk0" and "mmcblk0boot0".
bootargs:
'blkdevparts=mmcblk0:1G(data0),1G(data1),-;mmcblk0boot0:1m(boot),-(kernel)'