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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:23:26 +0200
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd-bounces@...ts.infradead.org,
	'Bruce Leonard' <brucle@...thlink.net>,
	Bruce_Leonard@...inc.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tim Anderson <tanderson@...sta.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	'Andrew Morton' <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2][MTD] Add support for > 2GiB MTD devices

On Fri, 29 August 2008 08:48:07 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:25 +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > 
> > Could be useful, I don't mind you sending a patch.  However, does this
> > means that MEMGETINFO64 or some other ioctl should not be done?  Should
> > flash_erase open, read and close 8 seperate files instead of doing a
> > single ioctl?  And should our support for large devices wait for the
> > sysfs support that has been talked about and not done for about two
> > years already?
> 
> Up to dwmw2, but I do not mind if the answer to all the above questions
> is "yes" :-)

Well, I personally think a "yes" to the last question would be utter
madness.  Whoever answers that should better come up with an alternative
patch for sysfs support pronto.

Large flashes are not a one-off cases where a single manufacturer had a
rather bizarre design.  Their numbers will continually increase.  And
not supporting an ever-increasing class of hardware is simply not an
option.

Jörn

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