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Subject: Re: about the _dtype_ parameter
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Hi,

On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 01:07 +0800, =E8=AE=B8=E5=B0=8F=E5=B7=9D wrote:
> In my test, I found that the third parameter of ubi_wl_get_peb()
> function _dtype_ is always UBI_SHORTTERM.

Which test?

> How does the UBIFS classify the data type?

Did you grep for this fs/ubifs? I think mostly we use UBI_UNKNOWN.

> and would we better classify these UBI_SHORTTERM data more
> fine granularity? Which is good for efficient wear-leveling scheme
> IMO.

May be. I've never done any good experiments for this.

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Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D0=90=
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