Re: YAFFS in the kernel tree?

[Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>]

"Alexey Zaytsev" <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Charles Manning
> <manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> 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??
>
> We at protei (protei.ru) are using yaffs for over a year now, switched from
> jffs2, mostly because of the huge mount time difference. Have yet to
> see any serious problems.
>
> The process of patching the kernel with yaffs is quite smooth, but you
> loose the ability to track the changes made in yaffs. We've got a git
> kernel tree, to which we add our stuff, and also periodically repatch it
> with a fresh yaffs. The problem is, all you can see later is a commit
> labelled "A Yaffs update", revealing little details on the contents. Not cool.

Sorry for jumping in here late, but git should be pretty good about
finding differences itself.  If you can revers-apply the previous
version patch, then apply the current version and git commit, it should
yield much more useful information.

Cheers
  Detlev

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