[klibc] why mtd root device number is __makedev(0,254)

[Andrea Adami]

>> In OpenEmbedded we added vfat and jffs2 detection to klibc fstypes.
>> Jffs2 one is awfully slow so perhaps we would need better examples to
>
> so to be fair let's have a look at this patch that you haven't posted
> yet to klibc mailinglist, please don't be shy to do so in future.
> we like to pick up patches and review :)
>
> patch, picked up from
> http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded/tree/recipes/klibc/files/fstype-sane-vfat-and-jffs2-for-1.5.patch
> if you have newer version please holler and submit.
>

As I said I'm not the author.
I'm one of the developers of kexecboot and so I was obliged to
maintain kexec-tools and klibc.
Honestly, I'm touching stuff beyond my skills...I'll try to catch our
OpenEmbedded *libc experts :)


Regards

Andrea