From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-ig0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::236]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1YuQtt-0002CL-9r for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 18 May 2015 19:40:33 +0000 Received: by igbsb11 with SMTP id sb11so56805413igb.0 for ; Mon, 18 May 2015 12:40:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <555A4019.7070203@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 15:40:09 -0400 From: nick MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Weinberger , Brian Norris Subject: Re: Tracking flash IO activity? References: <20150516205354.GK6055@norris-Latitude-E6410> <20150518175702.GO11598@ld-irv-0074> <555A398B.8050203@nod.at> <555A3C01.3030800@gmail.com> <555A3F76.1000900@nod.at> In-Reply-To: <555A3F76.1000900@nod.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "valent.turkovic@gmail.com" , "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 2015-05-18 03:37 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Am 18.05.2015 um 21:22 schrieb nick: >> I feel that not having a tool like this is a very bad idea, it >> may be one of the major issues I or others may have with ubifs >> as a file system choice for flash based systems. You stated that >> the tool you have is hacky, does this mean in terms of bugs or >> coding standards? If the tool works and is fairly stable why not >> push to the repo for mtd-tools and mark it as experimental for now. >> This way the mtd developers can start working on it and allow you >> time to do other more important things with your time as a maintainer. > > Hacky in terms of, it will kill your hamster and makes your girlfriend > cry if you use it not correctly. ;-) > > Thanks, > //richard > If that is the case, I am aware my rep here isn't that good but would you some help with making it better as a maintainer you probably won't get around to this for a while, no offence :). Nick