target/linux/bcm53xx/patches-3.14/410-mtd-bcm47xxpart-alloc-memory-for-more-partitions.patch

   1 From 6b833541d73894b5afd40d69949f8f6099db2abf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
   2 From: =?UTF-8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Mi=C5=82ecki?= <zajec5@gmail.com>
   3 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 11:33:40 +0200
   4 Subject: [PATCH] mtd: bcm47xxpart: alloc memory for more partitions
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   9 This is needed for some new Netgear devices (e.g. R6250).
  10
  11 Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
  12 ---
  13  drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c | 8 ++++++--
  14  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  15
  16 diff --git a/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c b/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c
  17 index 8057f52..f2db4d7 100644
  18 --- a/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c
  19 +++ b/drivers/mtd/bcm47xxpart.c
  20 @@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
  21  #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
  22  #include <linux/mtd/partitions.h>
  23
  24 -/* 10 parts were found on sflash on Netgear WNDR4500 */
  25 -#define BCM47XXPART_MAX_PARTS          12
  26 +/*
  27 + * NAND flash on Netgear R6250 was verified to contain 15 partitions.
  28 + * This will result in allocating too big array for some old devices, but the
  29 + * memory will be freed soon anyway (see mtd_device_parse_register).
  30 + */
  31 +#define BCM47XXPART_MAX_PARTS          20
  32
  33  /*
  34   * Amount of bytes we read when analyzing each block of flash memory.
  35 --
  36 1.8.4.5
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