Re: YAFFS in the kernel tree?

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday-L09J2beyid0N/H6P543EQg@public.gmane.org>]

On Thu, 29 May 2008, Charles Manning wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm the author of YAFFS. This is not in the kernel tree, but is fairly easy to
> integrate by just pulling a tarball and running  patch-in script.
>
> I am curious as to whether people consider the current mechanism "good enough"
> or whether it is worth the effort trying to get YAFFS into the kernel tree.
>
> Pros I can see:
> * In tree means better testing (maybe).
> * Keeping current with kernel API changes.
>
> Cons:
> * More effort for YAFFS maintainers (me mostly).
> * Effort getting code into kernel coding style (unless I can get a waiver on
> this).
>
> Thoughts??

perhaps a dumb question, but does this include YAFFS2 as well?

rday

p.s.  and, no, you don't get a pass on coding style, but others will
almost certainly help you out there. :-)

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