linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.21] cramfs: add cramfs Linear XIP

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:09:33 -0700
From:	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>
To:	"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Richard Griffiths" <richard.griffiths@...driver.com>,
	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>, carsteno@...ibm.com,
	"Nick Piggin" <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21] cramfs: add cramfs Linear XIP

On 6/6/07, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:17:43AM -0700, Richard Griffiths wrote:
> > Too late :) The XIP cramfs patch is widely used in the embedded Linux
> > community and has been used for years. It fulfills a need for a small
> > XIP Flash file system. Hence our interest in getting it or some
> > variation into the mainline kernel.
>
> That's not a reason to put it in as-is.  Maybe you should have showed
> up here before making the wrong decision to hack this into cramfs.
>

Please read the entire thread before passing judgements like this.
The hacks evolved over the last 8 years, and are really handy.  We're
just trying to figure the best way to share them..
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