Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
>
>>>> 4) erase block(s)
>>> That could be a problem.
>>
>> Nah. I'd just make that happen "under the covers". So that block
>> write did the erase blocks. There is a special way to erase a bunch
>> of blocks all at once, which I'd use for SCMD_FORMAT_UNIT. :-)
>
> I vaguely remember reading about Linux driver a while ago, where the
> author argued that flash storage does not fit into the unix block
> device model because of erase. I've just dug up that page:
>
> http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/general.html
>
> I do not suppose it to be hugely relevant to your work though, since
> MTD also relies on erase-aware filesystems.
Yes. Erase needs to be handled in any translation layer.
-- Garrett
>
> -Artem
