Ezequiel,

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> [snip]
> 
> Ouch, so surprised that after all these years someone is doing 
> squashfs/mtdblock
> instead of using ubiblock :-)
> 
> Can we patch either Kconfig or add some warn_once on mtdblock
> usage, suggesting to use ubiblock instead?

a hint in Kconfig makes IMHO sense. Do you want to send a patch?
A warning is too much since on some tiny embedded system with NOR flash 
mtdblock is still
a good choice.
ubiblock is mostly useful for NAND flash.

> I remember there was still some use case(s) for mtdblock but I can't remember
> now what was it, perhaps we should document the expectations?
> (Is that for JFFS2 to mount?)

a long time ago mount didn't accept character devices, so you had to pass 
mtdblockX to mount
JFFS2.
This limitation is gone.

Thanks,
//richard

_______________________________________________
Kernelnewbies mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Reply via email to