From: Brandon Maier Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 14:12:17 +0000 (-0500) Subject: misc-utils: mtdpart: document partition of size 0 X-Git-Tag: v2.1.6~13 X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4a84311e4706da5823e20db107809a334708e171;p=mtd-utils.git misc-utils: mtdpart: document partition of size 0 If the partition size passed in to the BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION ioctl is 0, Linux will make the partition fill to the end of the device[1]. Document this feature in the help. [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.0.6/source/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c#L254 Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer --- diff --git a/misc-utils/mtdpart.c b/misc-utils/mtdpart.c index ba35d87..c8cd79b 100644 --- a/misc-utils/mtdpart.c +++ b/misc-utils/mtdpart.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void display_help(int status) " -V, --version Output version information and exit\n" "\n" "START location and SIZE of the partition are in bytes. They should align on\n" -"eraseblock size.\n", +"eraseblock size. If SIZE is 0 the partition will go to end of MTD device.\n", PROGRAM_NAME ); exit(status);