linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] UBI: Implement Fastmap support

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Date:	Thu, 31 May 2012 15:31:08 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
CC:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	dedekind1@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Heinz.Egger@...utronix.de, tim.bird@...sony.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] UBI: Implement Fastmap support

Am 31.05.2012 12:37, schrieb Adrian Hunter:
> How do you know that this is the current fastmap and not a remnant of an old
> fastmap?

In the current fastmap we delete always the old one upon attaching.
But I think it would to better to scan all UBI_FM_MAX_START PEBs
and pick the super block with the highest sequence number.

Thanks,
//richard


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