[flashrom-gerrit] Change in flashrom[master]: linux_mtd: Allow to open parition by name

[Patrick Rudolph (Code Review)]

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Patrick Rudolph has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/63135 )

Change subject: linux_mtd: Allow to open parition by name
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Patch Set 1:

(1 comment)

File linux_mtd.c:

https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/63135/comment/3d3408b1_8c092e88 
PS1, Line 464: extract_programmer_param("name");
> Would it make sense to use this path when strtol path is not taken so that no new parameter is neede […]

I thought it's already mutually exclusive as extract_programmer_param("name"); is in the else branch.
I did not reuse the existing dev as a partition label might contain digits only. In that case you'd not know if the number is the MTD device or the label.