From: "Jörn Engel" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, dwmw2@infradead.org
Subject: Re: blkmtd and name_to_dev_t
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:38:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060331083827.GA11367@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <442C6B78.3060706@zytor.com>
On Thu, 30 March 2006 15:36:24 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> I talked to Jörg Engel about this; he indicated that the blkmtd driver
^
*grumble* ;)
> There seems to be a few options, in order from least work to more work:
>
> - Removing the blkmtd driver and tell people to use block2mtd;
Fair enough. No objections from my side.
Most users of mtd tend to use ancient kernels anyway, so there is less
reason for a warning period, compared to other parts of the kernel.
> - Have kinit intercept blkmtd configuration options and emulate them
> using block2mtd;
> - Adjust blkmtd to have a configuration interface, and then make kinit
> configure it.
Jörn
--
I don't understand it. Nobody does.
-- Richard P. Feynman
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[not found] <20060329232520.1677d2b3.akpm@osdl.org>
[not found] ` <442C0494.2040609@zytor.com>
[not found] ` <20060330114014.53150d1b.akpm@osdl.org>
2006-03-30 23:36 ` blkmtd and name_to_dev_t H. Peter Anvin
2006-03-31 8:38 ` Jörn Engel [this message]
2006-03-31 15:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-04-04 2:56 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-04-04 3:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-04-04 8:30 ` Jörn Engel
2006-04-04 8:42 ` Artem B. Bityutskiy
2006-04-04 8:46 ` Jörn Engel
2006-04-04 8:57 ` Artem B. Bityutskiy
2006-04-04 3:11 ` Josh Boyer
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