Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: mtd_intel_dg: add survivability partition

Miquel Raynal <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:42:54 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.drivers.mtd,gmane.comp.video.dri.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hello Alexander,

On 15/07/2026 at 16:45:29 +03, Alexander Usyskin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Add option to expose additional fixed-sized partition starting
> from the beginning of storage.
> Xe driver can request this partition exposure if firmware or hardware
> have detected failure that may involve corrupted partition table.
> Fixed-sized partition allows full storage re-write in this situation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Miquel Raynal <[email protected]>

I'm not sure I follow the exact use case, but I don't see any major show
stopper from an MTD standpoint, so feel free to take this through drm.

Thanks,
Miquèl