Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jun 2017 10:46:42 +0200 | From | Pali Rohár <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/5] mtd: block2mtd: Add support for specifying MTD write size and subpage shift |
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On Monday 05 June 2017 13:27:18 Richard Weinberger wrote: > Pali, > > Am 05.06.2017 um 13:25 schrieb Pali Rohár: > > On Monday 05 June 2017 13:23:22 Richard Weinberger wrote: > >> Pali, > >> > >> Am 05.06.2017 um 13:21 schrieb Pali Rohár: > >>> On Friday 02 June 2017 18:13:02 Richard Weinberger wrote: > >>>> Pali, > >>>> > >>>> Am 02.06.2017 um 17:43 schrieb Pali Rohár: > >>>>> It is needed for creating emulated devices suitable for using in UBI layer > >>>>> and with UBIFS. > >>>> > >>>> Why? > >>> > >>> ubifs depends on write size of nand. And without those parameters as > >>> specified in cover letter I'm unable to mount N900 rootfs image exported > >>> via block2mtd. ubifs reject such image. > >> > >> Hmm, so you render block2mtd into a semi-NAND chip? :) > > > > Probably you can call it like that. But it is still MTD device... > > This is what I meant in my other mail. > You add NAND specific properties but still denote it as MTD_RAM/ROM. > I'm not sure whether this is a good idea.
Ok, lets wait what other people think.
At least patches like fallback or check should be less problematic and could be applied separately.
-- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@gmail.com
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