Bug#773991: flash-kernel: Fails when mtdblock kernel module isn't loaded
On Mon, 2014-12-29 at 14:50 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-12-29 at 13:24 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2014-12-26 at 20:30 +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > I wonder if flash-kernel should be smart enough to
> > > load the module itself.
> >
> > I think it should.
> >
> > I think all which is needed is to add "modprobe -q mtdblock" into the
> > mtdblock function. I believe anything which uses an mtdblock device
> > passes through that function to translate the name into a device node.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> You also need 'udevadm settle' to wait for the device nodes to appear.
Good point, thanks.
Ian.
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