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Am 22.10.2014 um 12:48 schrieb Tanya Brokhman:
> On 10/22/2014 11:34 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> Am 22.10.2014 um 10:19 schrieb Tanya Brokhman:
>>> I care :) Its in my TODO to update ubinize to leave space for fastmap anchor (and perhaps generate a fastmap data as well but this is just a thought).
>>
>> While talking about fastmap TODOs, here you can find my fastmap patch queue:
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/rw/misc.git/log/?h=ubi-current
>>
>> These patches are *not* ready for mainline, some of them need a rewrite
>> to meet all design goals of UBI. But maybe the one or other fixes an issue
>> which is on your TODO list. :-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> //richard
>>
> 
> thanks! it's very helpful! and just to combine the reply in one email:
> 
> "Please generate the fastmap data such that upon the very first attach fastmap can be used."
> 
> This is what I was thinking. Its doable, right? since in ubinize we have all data required for constructing fastmap.

Of course it is doable. :)

> From all your discussions with Artem I figure we can expect quite a few changes to the fastmap implementation. Is the layout also going to change? I remember you mentioning such
> idea in one of the emails.

So far the layout is not going to change.

Thanks,
//richard