Re: [PATCH 1/1] mtd/intel-spi: Support cmdline-based partition

[Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:05:52AM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> I did try the \ thing but found it a bit tricky to work with, with
> lots of potential for simple errors.
> 
> It would require cmdlines like this
> mtdparts=0000\:00\:0.1f:etcetc
> 
> A lot of these mtdparts definitions are produced by scripts and
> Makefiles and there are many, many places where \\ have a way of
> vanishing.

Right. One option would be to use the printf() style escaping and make
:: to be literal : in the same way %% is literal %.

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