From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.bootlin.com ([62.4.15.54]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1g7Jvc-000057-Kl for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:37:41 +0000 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 14:37:17 +0200 From: Miquel Raynal To: David Oberhollenzer Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, richard@nod.at Subject: Re: [PATCH mtd-www] Remove references to the "unstable bits" issue Message-ID: <20181002143717.5e9a4735@xps13> In-Reply-To: <20181002122523.12422-1-david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at> References: <20181002122523.12422-1-david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi David, David Oberhollenzer wrote on Tue, 2 Oct 2018 14:25:23 +0200: > In 2011, several sections about an issue with SLC and MLC NAND flashes of > that time were added. The problem was referred to as "unstable bits" issue > throughout the documentation and the FAQ. >=20 > As of writing, the issue could not be reproduced with modern NADN flashes ^ NAND > for several years and the section on the web site actually caused some > confusion, with some users of MTD/UBI/UBIFS attributing actual bugs to the > unstable bits issue instead of reporting on the mailing list. >=20 > To avoid future confusion, this patch removes the section about the issue > and all references to it. >=20 > Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer Acked-by: Miquel Raynal Thanks! Miqu=C3=A8l