linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] UBI: replace MTD_UBI_BEB

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Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:28:38 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
Cc:	Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@...il.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] UBI: replace MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT with user-space
 parameter

On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 11:57 +0300, Shmulik Ladkani wrote:
> 
> For the simplest systems (those having one ubi device) that need a
> limit
> *other* than the default (20 per 1024), they can simply set the config
> to their chosen value, as they were used to.
> 
> With you approach, these system MUST pass the limit parameter via the
> ioctl / module-parameter. 

Yeah, when you change the default, you usually need to do an extra step.
It does not feel too bad, and I would not keep additional configuration
option for a hypothetical user. If someone suffers, we can add an option
to change the default. But I'd start without it. So, I think it is OK to
remove this.


-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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