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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] erase all size parameter
From:       Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2009-05-26 0:04:56
Message-ID: 200905260204.56651.vda.linux () googlemail ! com
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On Monday 27 April 2009 13:00, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >>>>> "Marc" == Marc Leeman <marc.leeman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
>  Marc> I'm pleased to see that eraseall is in busybox. att'd is a
>  Marc> small patch that allows passing a size argument to the tool and
>  Marc> it should erase upper(size/blocks) flash blocks instead of the
>  Marc> entire partition.
> 
>  Marc> I use it in combination with dd for upgrading and for partially used
>  Marc> partitions it speeds up things.
> 
> I think there's some value in staying compatible with mtd-utils's
> flash_eraseall, so such stuff probably belongs in a seperate
> flash_erase applet (sharing most of the code with flash_eraseall).
> 
> flash_erase takes <dev> <start> [<# blocks>]

If such applet exists in mtd-utils, does anyone want to create a patch?
--
vda
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