From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230] helo=mgw-mx03.nokia.com) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1OBl4X-0003Sl-0k for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 08:44:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCHv4] mtd-utils: use new 64-bit ioctls + sysfs to support >4GiB devices From: Artem Bityutskiy To: saeed bishara In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 11:43:09 +0300 Message-ID: <1273567389.2209.173.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Reply-To: dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 11:28 +0300, saeed bishara wrote: > hi, > This patch is needed when using >4GiB nand partitions, any idea why > it has not been merged yet? > > saeed > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Kevin Cernekee wrote: > > Use the new kernel ioctls to erase/lock/unlock/readoob/writeoob >4GiB > > flash devices. > > > > Use the new sysfs interface to query device info. > > > > Dependencies: > > > > "4GiB" extended ioctls: > > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2009-April/025122.html > > > > Driver model updates 1/2: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/3/477 > > > > Optional: Driver model updates 2/2: > > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2009-March/025011.html > > Dunno, I did not follow these. Kevin, would you re-send your patches please? -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)