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Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBI: introduce atomic LEB change ioctl
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On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 15:28 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> Could you explain a bit more?  What exactly does "atomic" mean?
>=20
> This seems like it's similar to volume update, only on a LEB level
> right? If so, could you make volume update just use this or somehow
> combine them?
>=20
> Maybe I've just been away from UBI too long.  It sounds cool, but I
> don't fully understand what the intention is.

Josh,

I've updated the UBI documentation in order to answer your question. Any
documentation improvements and spelling fixes are welcome.

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