From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Frank Haverkamp <haver@vnet.ibm.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/22 take 3] UBI: Unsorted Block Images
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:49:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1174236579.17249.6.camel@sauron> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070318162720.GI10459@waste.org>
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 11:27 -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance, but why did you not implement the two features
> above as device mapper layers instead? A device mapper can arbitrarily
> transform I/O addresses and contents and has direct access to the
> mapped device's ioctl interfaces, etc.
Just because UBI is designed for flash devices, not block devices. Note,
UBI is not for MMC/USB stick/SC/etc flashes, which are used as block
devices, but for _bare_ flashes.
Please, glance here to find more information about the different between
flashes and block devices:
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/general.html#L_mtd_vs_hdd
--
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-18 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-14 15:19 [PATCH 00/22 take 3] UBI: Unsorted Block Images Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:19 ` [PATCH 01/22 take 3] UBI: on-flash data structures header Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:19 ` [PATCH 02/22 take 3] UBI: user-space API header Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:19 ` [PATCH 03/22 take 3] UBI: kernel-space " Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:19 ` [PATCH 04/22 take 3] UBI: internal header Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:19 ` [PATCH 05/22 take 3] UBI: startup code Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 06/22 take 3] UBI: scanning unit Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 07/22 take 3] UBI: I/O unit Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 08/22 take 3] UBI: volume table unit Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 09/22 take 3] UBI: wear-leveling unit Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 10/22 take 3] UBI: EBA unit Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-15 19:07 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-15 21:24 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-03-15 23:29 ` Josh Boyer
2007-03-16 1:49 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-03-16 10:23 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-16 10:21 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-16 14:55 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-03-16 10:14 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 11/22 take 3] UBI: user-interfaces unit Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 12/22 take 3] UBI: update functionality Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 13/22 take 3] UBI: accounting unit Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 14/22 take 3] UBI: volume management functionality Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 15/22 take 3] UBI: sysfs functionality Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:20 ` [PATCH 16/22 take 3] UBI: character devices functionality Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:21 ` [PATCH 17/22 take 3] UBI: gluebi functionality Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:21 ` [PATCH 18/22 take 3] UBI: misc stuff Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:21 ` [PATCH 19/22 take 3] UBI: debugging stuff Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:21 ` [PATCH 20/22 take 3] UBI: JFFS2 UBI support Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:21 ` [PATCH 21/22 take 3] UBI: update MAINTAINERS Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-14 15:21 ` [PATCH 22/22 take 3] UBI: Linux build integration Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-18 16:27 ` [PATCH 00/22 take 3] UBI: Unsorted Block Images Matt Mackall
2007-03-18 16:49 ` Artem Bityutskiy [this message]
2007-03-18 19:18 ` Matt Mackall
2007-03-18 20:31 ` Josh Boyer
2007-03-19 17:08 ` Matt Mackall
2007-03-19 18:16 ` Josh Boyer
2007-03-19 19:54 ` Matt Mackall
2007-03-19 20:18 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-19 21:05 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-19 22:32 ` Matt Mackall
2007-03-20 0:42 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-20 1:05 ` Matt Mackall
2007-03-20 6:28 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-21 11:05 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-21 11:25 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-21 11:35 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-21 11:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-21 12:31 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-21 12:39 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-21 11:36 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-25 20:08 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-25 21:49 ` David Lang
2007-03-25 22:55 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-25 23:46 ` David Woodhouse
2007-03-26 0:01 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-26 0:21 ` David Woodhouse
2007-03-26 1:04 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-26 9:45 ` David Woodhouse
2007-03-26 9:51 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-26 10:07 ` David Woodhouse
2007-03-26 10:02 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-26 10:49 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-26 11:30 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-19 21:06 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-19 21:36 ` Matt Mackall
2007-03-20 0:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-20 12:25 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-20 13:52 ` Theodore Tso
2007-03-20 15:14 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-20 15:59 ` Josh Boyer
2007-03-20 18:58 ` David Lang
2007-03-20 20:05 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-20 21:36 ` David Woodhouse
2007-03-21 8:54 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-20 21:32 ` David Woodhouse
2007-03-21 13:03 ` Jörn Engel
2007-03-20 22:03 ` Theodore Tso
2007-03-21 8:44 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-21 13:50 ` Theodore Tso
2007-03-21 13:59 ` Josh Boyer
2007-03-21 14:02 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2007-03-21 15:38 ` Frank Haverkamp
2007-03-21 20:26 ` David Lang
2007-03-20 12:13 ` Josh Boyer
2007-03-19 19:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-19 20:12 ` Matt Mackall
2007-03-19 21:04 ` Thomas Gleixner
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