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Message-ID: <48B4FD5E.8000103@yandex.ru>
Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:14 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...dex.ru>
To:	Ricard Wanderlof <ricard.wanderlof@...s.com>
CC:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Tim Anderson <tanderson@...sta.com>,
	"linux-mtd-bounces@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-mtd-bounces@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"'Bruce Leonard'" <brucle@...thlink.net>,
	"Bruce_Leonard@...inc.com" <Bruce_Leonard@...inc.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2][MTD] Add support for > 2GiB MTD devices

Ricard Wanderlof wrote:
>> I'm not sure I'd say I _vetoed_ new ioctls, but I certainly expressed a
>> desire to do all the information stuff through sysfs. We would need a
>> new MEMERASE64 ioctl though.
> 
> If the (lack of) sysfs stuff is standing between us and a nice >4GiB mtd 
> I for one would think that a set of 64-bit ioctls would be a reasonable 
> halfway house.

On the other hand we'll stay with half-solutions forever if we allow them.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)
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