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On Wed, 16 May 2007 20:07:18 +0800 David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote:

> > It's strange and a bit regrettable that an fs would have dependency on MTD,
> > really.
> 
> Why? Other file systems has dependencies on BLOCK or on NET. It seems
> entirely normal to me.

Reduced testability, mainly. Also potentially reduced usefulness.