linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3] UBI: new module ubiblk: block layer on top of UBI

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Message-ID: <1313998939.2644.52.camel@sauron>
Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:42:13 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	david.wagner@...e-electrons.com
Cc:	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-embedded <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] UBI: new module ubiblk: block layer on top of UBI

On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 15:17 +0200, david.wagner@...e-electrons.com
wrote:
> Questions:
> ==========
> I wasn't sure what magic ioctl number to use, so I settled to use the same one
> as a part of UBI: 'O', which was so far only used by UBI but on a higher range
> and leaving some room for UBI to add ioctls (for nw, it uses 'O'/0x00-0x06 and
> ubiblk uses 'O'/0x10-0x11).  Is it ok or should ubiblk use a different
> number/range ?

I think this is OK to share them between UBI and ubiblk, as long as this
is documented. But I always CC Arnd when it comes to ioctl-related
questions.

P.S. Arnd, you can always find the initial post in lkml, if needed.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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