/* special size referring to all the remaining space in a partition */
-#define SIZE_REMAINING 0xffffffff
+#define SIZE_REMAINING UINT_MAX
+#define OFFSET_CONTINUOUS UINT_MAX
 
 struct cmdline_mtd_partition {
        struct cmdline_mtd_partition *next;
 {
        struct mtd_partition *parts;
        unsigned long size;
-       unsigned long offset = 0;
+       unsigned long offset = OFFSET_CONTINUOUS;
        char *name;
        int name_len;
        unsigned char *extra_mem;
                {
                        for(i = 0, offset = 0; i < part->num_parts; i++)
                        {
-                               if (!part->parts[i].offset)
+                               if (part->parts[i].offset == OFFSET_CONTINUOUS)
                                  part->parts[i].offset = offset;
                                else
                                  offset = part->parts[i].offset;