From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lazybastard.de ([212.112.238.170] helo=longford.lazybastard.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1JRrqp-00048I-Vc for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:31:20 +0000 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:30:42 +0100 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel To: Stephane Chazelas Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] block2mtd: removing a device and typo fixes Message-ID: <20080220163042.GC5539@lazybastard.org> References: <20080219150822.GA29587@lazybastard.org> <200802192333.39707.arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Cc: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 20 February 2008 14:43:39 +0000, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > > note that for "loop", you have /dev/loop0, /dev/loop1... which > makes it a pain to handle > > For block2mtd, you don't need several device files in /dev, you > only need one to pass ioctls down to create mtd devices. > > That may end up creating new /dev devices via mtdblock or > mtdblock_ro for instance. > > So I'm not sure reusing the "loop" ioctls is a good idea. /me notes that you dislike both existing interfaces and would prefer a third. How likely is it that you will still like the new interface two years down the road? How likely is it that everyone else will agree with you? In the end, a painful interface is still less painful than a choice of several incompatible ones. I used to think different and have burned my fingers often enough to learn the lesson. :) Jörn -- Mac is for working, Linux is for Networking, Windows is for Solitaire! -- stolen from dc