Re: mtdutils and libubiio

Josh Boyer
2009-05-05T11:40:28Z

On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 11:49:54AM +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
>Hi,
>Some time ago we made libubiio available at :
>http://git.iksaif.net/?p=libubiio.git;a=summary
>I wanted to know how it can be used in mtd-utils, so we can start
>making patch for inclusion into mtd-utils.
>The first thing I see is mkfs.ubifs, using libubiio we will be able to
>run mkfs on an ubi volume. I believe it's
>simpler than creating a image, and using other tools to write it to the volume.
>Where can libubiio be used ?
>
>Another question, do you use static Makefiles for a reason ? Maybe we
>could move to CMake ?

We use them because they are simple. There has been nothing to-date that
has really required anything else. I have no experience with CMake, but
I'd rather avoid adding dependencies on it.

josh