From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-17.4 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CE9C4338F for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 23:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7EE5160F90 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 23:46:28 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 7EE5160F90 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=collabora.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To: Message-Id:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=ug0vZfOVRCvw7TY8DGQ9KZdKDP5I4WmgHI99B1gCB1s=; b=2KGfSlsrVfGoTJ a0I5cwqSFG6/ZBl6NVAm3VYD0ElWPyOvBu5KqNuEVDGN3rIUzcu41MDBOCCamZmEbcIG26UKbl6YE sCLwnyoMxsREfW/ewi91ADJXbOnnhgMTma9bdqTLwtmBWFiUUN2+fHZmQpq4WllApmakd1xrXZGg+ y0TplkyJ+o8rsccKpprVzgBqHOgCs/l7AwPxVaGsSI8x1qAAuYOk0fm4hobkk6FO56HJ3OWIszv76 NrkION36WyQ3dUKAK7jdwZciPVXjApash6WckCwi+BFEb6fYoJCWJdQBr5v49i4WeqwodSpNNPNUO weHhhQPvd2uG809JnjOg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1mAL9U-00EOkS-ES; Sun, 01 Aug 2021 23:45:52 +0000 Received: from bhuna.collabora.co.uk ([46.235.227.227]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1mAL95-00EOfH-5H for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2021 23:45:28 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: ezequiel) with ESMTPSA id 9AD2E1F424CC From: Ezequiel Garcia To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger Cc: Miquel Raynal , Vignesh Raghavendra , Ezequiel Garcia Subject: [PATCH 2/3] mtdblock: Add comment about UBI block devices Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 20:45:04 -0300 Message-Id: <20210801234509.18774-3-ezequiel@collabora.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 In-Reply-To: <20210801234509.18774-1-ezequiel@collabora.com> References: <20210801234509.18774-1-ezequiel@collabora.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210801_164527_377616_3C458A58 X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 9.60 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-mtd" Errors-To: linux-mtd-bounces+linux-mtd=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org There is a surprisingly large number of tutorials that suggest using mtdblock to mount SquashFS filesystems on flash devices, including NAND devices. Given this approach is suboptimal than using UBI, and given the UBI block device layer was introduced many years ago specifically with this use case in mind, add a small comment inviting users and developers to consider UBI block. Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia --- drivers/mtd/Kconfig | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig index 32bed6c63863..91cdbbd44317 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig @@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ config MTD_BLOCK_RO You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead. +comment "Note that in some cases UBI block is preferred. See MTD_UBI_BLOCK." + depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO + config FTL tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support" depends on BLOCK -- 2.32.0 ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/