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

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Message-ID: <20070225054803.GD7941@infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:48:03 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>
Cc:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>,
	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

On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:52:46AM -0500, John Stoffel wrote:
> 
> 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.  

We're not in kindergarden.  An explanation in Kconfig or the main
header file should be more than enough.

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