From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: dedekind1@gmail.com
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, dwmw2@infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ubi: Use UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_{TYPE, ALIGN}
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:34:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F11A06A.3040703@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1326553866.14299.0.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com>
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Am 14.01.2012 16:11, schrieb Artem Bityutskiy:
> On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 17:57 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_TYPE and UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_ALIGN are currently
>> defined but not used.
>> Use them at least once. 8-)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> This will break backward compatibility - older and current kernels which
> do not have this patch will error out when the find a volume without a
> name. The right way to do this would be to change the UBI format
> version, but you would need a really strong reason for this.
>
Sorry, this comment makes absolutely no sense.
Did you mean my other patch?
But still, the other patch also does *not* allow volumes without names.
Confused,
//richard
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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: dedekind1@gmail.com
Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ubi: Use UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_{TYPE, ALIGN}
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:34:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F11A06A.3040703@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1326553866.14299.0.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com>
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Am 14.01.2012 16:11, schrieb Artem Bityutskiy:
> On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 17:57 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_TYPE and UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_ALIGN are currently
>> defined but not used.
>> Use them at least once. 8-)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> This will break backward compatibility - older and current kernels which
> do not have this patch will error out when the find a volume without a
> name. The right way to do this would be to change the UBI format
> version, but you would need a really strong reason for this.
>
Sorry, this comment makes absolutely no sense.
Did you mean my other patch?
But still, the other patch also does *not* allow volumes without names.
Confused,
//richard
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-14 15:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-10 16:57 [PATCH] ubi: Use UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_{TYPE, ALIGN} Richard Weinberger
2012-01-10 16:57 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-01-14 15:11 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-01-14 15:11 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-01-14 15:34 ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2012-01-14 15:34 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-01-14 15:38 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-01-14 15:38 ` Artem Bityutskiy
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