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mtdblock: Update old JFFS2 mention in Kconfig

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JFFS2 can be mounted without 'mtdblock' since
a really, really long time. Some git-log
archaeology shows that in 2006 it was possible
to use 'root=' to mount a JFFS2 rootfs:

  commit e9482b4374e2596e6f3f1ab30c4ea469f4ac6311
  Author: Joern Engel <joern@wh.fh-wedel.de>
  Date:   Tue May 30 14:25:46 2006 +0200

      [MTD] Allow alternate JFFS2 mount variant for root filesystem.

      With this patch, "root=mtd3" and "root=mtd:foo" work for a JFFS2 rootfs.

However, there are still plenty of tutorials that mention
mtdblock, so users are still taking this route. Update the Kconfig
to reflect this is no longer needed.

Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20210801234509.18774-6-ezequiel@collabora.com
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Ezequiel Garcia 2021-08-01 20:45:07 -03:00 committed by Miquel Raynal
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@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ config MTD_BLOCK
on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
devices performing that function.
At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
(although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
of the mtdblock device).
Note that mounting a JFFS2 filesystem doesn't require using mtdblock.
It's possible to mount a rootfs using the MTD device on the "root="
bootargs as "root=mtd2" or "root=mtd:name_of_device".
Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,