Re: [PATCH/RFC] Linux MTD striping middle layer

Nicolas Pitre
2006-03-22T17:17:45Z

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Artem B. Bityutskiy wrote:

[...]
> I still don't understand your stuff with threads, will ask questions
> later. I'm not alone who does not understand it. So I conclude the
> explanation is crippled, not me.

Please stop being so difficult with Alexander.

The explanations provided so far might not be stellar English, but I
consider them still quite understandable. A disk stripe is a common
concept in computer science so simply saying that the same technique can
be applied to flash storage should be enough for you to grasp the whole
idea. If you are not familiar with the concept it is not Alexander's
fault and I don't think he should lecture you on the topic.

And regarding my opinion about a MTD stripe layer, well I think this is
a damn good idea and I wish I had thought about it before myself. It is
indeed a concept entirely separate from the MTD concat layer. And it
doesn't obsolete the concat layer in any ways either. Both have serious
advantages and inconvenients to consider before selecting either of
those.

Now regarding the source I cannot comment as I didn't look at it yet.
But from the provided description of needed changes to flash drivers I
suspect I might have one or two suggestions for doing things
differently. But that won't happen just yet.

Nicolas