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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] extending nand_ecclayout.eccpos once again
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Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> Can we instead assume that exposing ECC layout to user-space is jut bad
> idea, deprecate current layout ABI, and do not do this anymore.
> 
> I mean, really, ECC layout is generally not user's concern. Just do not
> expose it and problem is solved.
> 
> Is it absolutely necessary to have expose this stuff to user-space?

Let's rephrase that question.
What tools use this information?

-- Jamie