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Am 26.04.2016 um 05:13 schrieb Ezequiel Garcia:
> On 25 April 2016 at 19:13, Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote:
>> David was so kind and did an initial port of Linux's MTD tests to user space.
>> He took most tests as-is and massaged them to work in user space using libmtd.
>> In the long run the goal is giving up the kernel tests as much as possible
>> and improve the tests present in mtd-utils.
>>
>> Feedback is very welcome!
>>
> 
> I think this is great, and it will be great to test NAND/NOR devices easier.
> 
> The autoconf patch looked also great, but for some reason it
> stalled, so... what do we need to do to prevent this one from stalling as well?
> 

Please give it testing/review. :-)
Regarding my autoconf patch, IIRC nobody clearly stated whether the change
is welcomed or not.
But I can happily revive it.

Thanks,
//richard