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Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] ubi: Add ubiblock read-write driver
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On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 16:30 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 
> imo, that support needs to be re-added.  it'd be great if we could do
> it via 
> the existing /dev/ubi_ctrl knob, but maybe that'll only work if ubi
> +ubiblock 
> are built into the kernel, or if ubiblock is merged with ubi ?

Yeah, re-using the ubi_ctl device makes sense. And UBI can probably
invoke 'request_module()' if needed, so that we avoid any of "work only
if both built-in" conditions.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy