Re: [PATCH] document ubiblk's usage of the same ioctl magic as a part of UBI

[Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 18:21 +0200, David Wagner wrote:
> ---
>  include/mtd/ubi-user.h |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
> index 3c41097..7c8bfe3 100644
> --- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
> +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
> @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
>  /* Set an UBI volume property */
>  #define UBI_IOCSETVOLPROP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 6, \
>  			       struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req)
> +/* If you add ioctls here, please note that ubiblk uses 'O'/0x10-0x11 */
>  
>  /* Maximum MTD device name length supported by UBI */
>  #define MAX_UBI_MTD_NAME_LEN 127

Let's postpone this patch and the user-space tool until ubiblk is ready
for inclusion. I sent you some comments - the main one is the block
device reference counting and making sure that the underlying UBI volume
does not disappear when you use it.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy