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Subject: Re: [patch 02/13] jffs2 summary allocation: don't use vmalloc()
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On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 23:57 -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> > Or if not, we could add one more argument to read()/write() which tells
> > whether the memory is contiguous or not. Then the driver would chose ho=
w
> > to deal with the buffer.
>=20
> Is updating all the MTD users in such a way a real possibility?

I need to look closer, but at the first glance it seems that it should
be possible. There are not so many mtd->read/write users.

--=20
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D0=90=
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