Re: [PATCH/RFC] MTD: Striping layer core

Nicolas Pitre
2006-03-31T17:20:08Z

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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Artem B. Bityutskiy wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:59 +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > Whether the flash can mark things obsolete is a flash feature. At
> > least this is based on a flash feature. So maybe we should rename it
> > to MTD_CAN_FLIP_SINGLE_BITS or similar and then have
>
> This is better then "can mark obsolete". At lease this does not depend
> on application. But I still think that the number of features like is
> unpredictable and large.

No. The flash type is more unpredictable than the number of feature
which is what flash types are made of anyway. If you create a new flash
type, it is more likely to be a different combination of existing
features. And if the number of features grows, then it is very likely
that you'll have to add code in JFFS2 to cope with it anyway.

So in the end the flash type is redundent and purely informational.

Nicolas