--- /dev/null
+diff -urN linux.old/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c linux.dev/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+--- linux.old/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c 2006-07-29 19:53:54.000000000 +0200
++++ linux.dev/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c 2006-07-29 19:47:03.000000000 +0200
+@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
+ * block2mtd.c - create an mtd from a block device
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Simon Evans <spse@secret.org.uk>
+- * Copyright (C) 2004,2005 Jörn Engel <joern@wh.fh-wedel.de>
++ * Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Jörn Engel <joern@wh.fh-wedel.de>
+ *
+ * Licence: GPL
+ */
+-#include <linux/config.h>
+ #include <linux/module.h>
+ #include <linux/fs.h>
+ #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ #include <linux/init.h>
+ #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
+ #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+ #include <linux/mutex.h>
++#include <linux/mount.h>
+
+ #define VERSION "$Revision: 1.30 $"
+
+@@ -62,10 +61,8 @@
+ read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ for (i = 0; i < PAGE_READAHEAD; i++) {
+ pagei = index + i;
+- if (pagei > end_index) {
+- INFO("Overrun end of disk in cache readahead\n");
++ if (pagei > end_index)
+ break;
+- }
+ page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, pagei);
+ if (page && (!i))
+ break;
+@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ static int _block2mtd_write(struct block
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
++
++
+ static int block2mtd_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
+ size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf)
+ {
+@@ -300,6 +302,19 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(
+
+ /* Get a handle on the device */
+ bdev = open_bdev_excl(devname, O_RDWR, NULL);
++#ifndef MODULE
++ if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
++
++ /* We might not have rootfs mounted at this point. Try
++ to resolve the device name by other means. */
++
++ dev_t dev = name_to_dev_t(devname);
++ if (dev != 0) {
++ bdev = open_by_devnum(dev, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ);
++ }
++ }
++#endif
++
+ if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
+ ERROR("error: cannot open device %s", devname);
+ goto devinit_err;
+@@ -331,7 +347,6 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(
+ dev->mtd.writev = default_mtd_writev;
+ dev->mtd.sync = block2mtd_sync;
+ dev->mtd.read = block2mtd_read;
+- dev->mtd.readv = default_mtd_readv;
+ dev->mtd.priv = dev;
+ dev->mtd.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+
+@@ -351,6 +366,12 @@ devinit_err:
+ }
+
+
++/* This function works similar to reguler strtoul. In addition, it
++ * allows some suffixes for a more human-readable number format:
++ * ki, Ki, kiB, KiB - multiply result with 1024
++ * Mi, MiB - multiply result with 1024^2
++ * Gi, GiB - multiply result with 1024^3
++ */
+ static int ustrtoul(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
+ {
+ unsigned long result = simple_strtoul(cp, endp, base);
+@@ -359,11 +380,16 @@ static int ustrtoul(const char *cp, char
+ result *= 1024;
+ case 'M':
+ result *= 1024;
++ case 'K':
+ case 'k':
+ result *= 1024;
+ /* By dwmw2 editorial decree, "ki", "Mi" or "Gi" are to be used. */
+- if ((*endp)[1] == 'i')
+- (*endp) += 2;
++ if ((*endp)[1] == 'i') {
++ if ((*endp)[2] == 'B')
++ (*endp) += 3;
++ else
++ (*endp) += 2;
++ }
+ }
+ return result;
+ }
+@@ -383,26 +409,6 @@ static int parse_num(size_t *num, const
+ }
+
+
+-static int parse_name(char **pname, const char *token, size_t limit)
+-{
+- size_t len;
+- char *name;
+-
+- len = strlen(token) + 1;
+- if (len > limit)
+- return -ENOSPC;
+-
+- name = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+- if (!name)
+- return -ENOMEM;
+-
+- strcpy(name, token);
+-
+- *pname = name;
+- return 0;
+-}
+-
+-
+ static inline void kill_final_newline(char *str)
+ {
+ char *newline = strrchr(str, '\n');
+@@ -416,9 +422,16 @@ #define parse_err(fmt, args...) do { \
+ return 0; \
+ } while (0)
+
+-static int block2mtd_setup(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
++#ifndef MODULE
++static int block2mtd_init_called = 0;
++static __initdata char block2mtd_paramline[80 + 12]; /* 80 for device, 12 for erase size */
++#endif
++
++
++static int block2mtd_setup2(const char *val)
+ {
+- char buf[80+12], *str=buf; /* 80 for device, 12 for erase size */
++ char buf[80 + 12]; /* 80 for device, 12 for erase size */
++ char *str = buf;
+ char *token[2];
+ char *name;
+ size_t erase_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+@@ -430,7 +443,7 @@ static int block2mtd_setup(const char *v
+ strcpy(str, val);
+ kill_final_newline(str);
+
+- for (i=0; i<2; i++)
++ for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+ token[i] = strsep(&str, ",");
+
+ if (str)
+@@ -439,18 +452,16 @@ static int block2mtd_setup(const char *v
+ if (!token[0])
+ parse_err("no argument");
+
+- ret = parse_name(&name, token[0], 80);
+- if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+- parse_err("out of memory");
+- if (ret == -ENOSPC)
+- parse_err("name too long");
+- if (ret)
+- return 0;
++ name = token[0];
++ if (strlen(name) + 1 > 80)
++ parse_err("device name too long");
+
+ if (token[1]) {
+ ret = parse_num(&erase_size, token[1]);
+- if (ret)
++ if (ret) {
++ kfree(name);
+ parse_err("illegal erase size");
++ }
+ }
+
+ add_device(name, erase_size);
+@@ -459,13 +470,48 @@ static int block2mtd_setup(const char *v
+ }
+
+
++static int block2mtd_setup(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
++{
++#ifdef MODULE
++ return block2mtd_setup2(val);
++#else
++ /* If more parameters are later passed in via
++ /sys/module/block2mtd/parameters/block2mtd
++ and block2mtd_init() has already been called,
++ we can parse the argument now. */
++
++ if (block2mtd_init_called)
++ return block2mtd_setup2(val);
++
++ /* During early boot stage, we only save the parameters
++ here. We must parse them later: if the param passed
++ from kernel boot command line, block2mtd_setup() is
++ called so early that it is not possible to resolve
++ the device (even kmalloc() fails). Deter that work to
++ block2mtd_setup2(). */
++
++ strlcpy(block2mtd_paramline, val, sizeof(block2mtd_paramline));
++
++ return 0;
++#endif
++}
++
++
+ module_param_call(block2mtd, block2mtd_setup, NULL, NULL, 0200);
+ MODULE_PARM_DESC(block2mtd, "Device to use. \"block2mtd=<dev>[,<erasesize>]\"");
+
+ static int __init block2mtd_init(void)
+ {
++ int ret = 0;
+ INFO("version " VERSION);
+- return 0;
++
++#ifndef MODULE
++ if (strlen(block2mtd_paramline))
++ ret = block2mtd_setup2(block2mtd_paramline);
++ block2mtd_init_called = 1;
++#endif
++
++ return ret;
+ }
+
+