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From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
To: Ricard Wanderlof <ricard.wanderlof@axis.com>
Cc: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	Robert Homann <homann@bury.com>,
	"dedekind1@gmail.com" <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Resizing of an existing UBIFS
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 12:09:40 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FC340D4.9020905@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1205250958290.4247@lnxricardw.se.axis.com>

On 25/05/12 11:00, Ricard Wanderlof wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 25 May 2012, Robert Homann wrote:
> 
>> It is definitely a lot simpler to just set this parameter to some big
>> value and generate new images from scratch since the overhead in space
>> consumption is not an issue in this case. But let's say, in my case the
>> purpose of using such a resizing tool is not space optimization, but
>> fixing a former decision...
> 
> I think this is a most important point. Whatever sizing strategy and volume
> sizes that are decided upon, one can be sure that a couple of years down the
> line differing circumstances will require a re-think of that strategy, no
> matter how well founded the decision was to start with.

Unless you set max_leb_cnt to match the media size.

The point is resizing when max_leb_cnt is not changed is much simpler.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-28  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-22  6:41 Resizing of an existing UBIFS Robert Homann
2012-05-22  6:53 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-22  7:21   ` Robert Homann
2012-05-22  8:10     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-22  9:25       ` Robert Homann
2012-05-22  9:40         ` Ricard Wanderlof
2012-05-22 10:19           ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-22 11:11             ` Robert Homann
2012-05-22 11:24               ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-25  7:00     ` Adrian Hunter
2012-05-25  7:49       ` Robert Homann
2012-05-25  8:00         ` Ricard Wanderlof
2012-05-28  9:09           ` Adrian Hunter [this message]
2012-06-01 10:10             ` Ricard Wanderlof
2012-06-01 11:48               ` Adrian Hunter
2012-06-01 19:47                 ` Ricard Wanderlof
2012-06-04  7:58                   ` Adrian Hunter
2012-06-04  9:35                     ` Ricard Wanderlof
2012-06-04  9:47                       ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-25 10:12   ` Norbert van Bolhuis
2012-05-26 14:00     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-27 20:24       ` Norbert van Bolhuis
2012-05-28  5:46         ` Artem Bityutskiy

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