Re: Unstable bits and JFFS2

Artem Bityutskiy
2012-04-13T19:51:22Z

On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 20:36 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > > Artem, you said that this unstable bits only happen
> > > > during power cuts, is this right? Would those appear
> > > > also on simulated power cuts, the ones that integck
> > > > can produce?
>
> A bit of hijacking this thread, yet it fits somehow to the idea I got
> yesterday:
>
> There is the Open Project Proposal again, where the CEWG funds topics which
> improve embedded linux in general [1]. I wonder if it makes sense to hand in a
> proposal starting to tackle the 'unstable bits' issue. I could imagine task 1
> mentioned in the wiki page (1. Improve the existing power cut emulation
> infrastructure in UBIFS and start emulating unstable bits. Start with emulating
> only one type of unstable bits, e.g., type 1.) could be a good candidate for
> such a proposal. Since I am not deeply involved with this topic:
>
> 1) Is this task still needed?
> 2) Is it a good task for a 2-3 week period (I'd think so)
> 3) Are there people around up for the task?
>
> I'd be willing to write the proposal, if nobody else volunteers. (yet, given my
> constraints, I am not the right person to actually work on it). Even if the
> proposal doesn't get contracted, the topic itself might get some attention
> since it will be discussed in the CEWG.

Yes, definitely a hot topic now, I am swamped with lots of things and
never found time for writing proposals like this. Please, go ahead,
would be very appreciated. I might help reviewing it and amending.