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

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Message-ID: <20120819100946.646cbb8a@pixies.home.jungo.com>
Date:	Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:09:46 +0300
From:	Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
To:	dedekind1@...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, 16 Aug 2012 16:33:32 +0300 Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com> wrote:
> We do not have that big user-base. No one uses 0 in the tree, most use
> the default. I never heard anyone using 0. I did not use it also. I
> think it is OK to have the lower range start from non-zero. But why it
> is 2 and not 1 - I am not sure :-)

Artem,

Note that originally range was 0..25 (percentage).

It was changed to be 2..256 (per 1024) by 07ad322 in linux-ubi.

Seems arbitrary change.
So if you'd like, we can fix to 1..256 (or 0..256) - as you prefer.

Regards,
Shmulik
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