linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/44 take 2] [UBI] Unsorted Block Images

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Date:	Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:52:46 -0500
From:	"John Stoffel" <john@...ffel.org>
To:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Frank Haverkamp <haver@...t.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/44 take 2] [UBI] Unsorted Block Images

Artem> This patch-set contains UBI, which stands for Unsorted Block
Artem> Images. This is closely related to the memory technology
Artem> devices Linux subsystem (MTD), so this new piece of software is
Artem> from drivers/mtd/ubi.

Can you define UBI in each and every file you create?  This is a
completely unique acronym and I'm sure a bunch of people will be going
"wtf" when they read this, I know I was.  

Artem> In short, UBI is kind of LVM layer but for flash (MTD)
Artem> devices. It makes it possible to dynamically create, delete and
Artem> re-size volumes. But the analogy is not full. UBI also takes
Artem> care of wear-leveling and bad eraseblocks handling, so UBI
Artem> completely hides 2 aspects of flash chips which make them very
Artem> difficult to work with:

Neat stuff!  Too bad you don't have a more descriptive name for it,
UBI just doesn't seem to have any connection to LVM for Flash plus
wear leveling.  

/grin/

John
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