From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 137KuT-0006ii-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:41:57 +0100 Received: from dns.cygnus.co.uk ([194.130.39.3] helo=pasanda.cygnus.co.uk) by infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 137KuR-0006ic-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:41:55 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: References: To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Bjorn Wesen , jffs-dev@axis.com, mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: garbage collect Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:44:44 +0100 Message-ID: <1376.962210684@cygnus.co.uk> Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: jgg@ualberta.ca said: > Yes, that is how other block devices work? Can we somehow reuse that > mechanism, whatever it is.. You don't want to know. The existing partitioning stuff in Linux is absolutely disgusting, and it's likely to be replaced fairly early in 2.5 -- dwmw2 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org