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

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Message-ID: <6934efce0706080911y601a8377oad7b1251a95acd64@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:11:47 -0700
From:	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>
To:	"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>, carsteno@...ibm.com,
	"Nick Piggin" <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	richard.griffiths@...driver.com,
	"Richard Griffiths" <res07ml0@...izon.net>,
	Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21] cramfs: add cramfs Linear XIP

> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:05:32AM -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote:
> > Okay so we need some driver that opens/closes this ROM.  This has been
> > done from the dcss block device but that doesn't make sense for most
> > embedded systems.  The MTD allows for this with point(),unpoint().
> > That should work just fine.  It does introduce the MTD as a dependancy
> > which is unnecessary in many systems, but it will work now.
>
> The Linux solution to this problem would be to introduce an option for
> mtd write support.  That way the majority of the code doesn't heave to
> be compiled for the read-only case but you still get a uniform interface.

You mean make an MTD-light interface possible?
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